French Greetings, Expressions, and Pronunciation Rules

Flashcards covering formal and informal French greetings, leave-taking expressions, asking and saying how one is doing, exercise answers, and final consonant pronunciation rules based on the lecture notes.

Bonjour!

A formal French greeting meaning 'Good morning' or 'Hello' (equivalent to 'Buongiorno').

Bonsoir!

A formal French greeting meaning 'Good evening' (equivalent to 'Buonasera').

Salut!

An informal French expression used for both greeting ('Hi!') and leave-taking ('Bye!').

Coucou

An informal French greeting used to say 'Hi!'.

Au revoir, monsieur / madame!

A formal French expression for leave-taking, meaning 'Goodbye, sir / madam!'.

Bonne journée!

A French leave-taking phrase meaning 'Have a good day!'.

Bon après-midi!

A French leave-taking phrase meaning 'Have a good afternoon!' (informally written as 'Bon aprèm!').

Bonne soirée

A French leave-taking phrase meaning 'Have a good evening!'.

Bonne nuit

A French leave-taking phrase meaning 'Good night'.

À bientôt!

A French leave-taking phrase meaning 'See you soon!'.

À tout à l'heure!

A French leave-taking phrase meaning 'See you in a bit!' (informally shortened to 'À toute!').

À plus (tard)!

An informal French leave-taking phrase meaning 'See you later!' (also written as 'À plus!').

Tchao!

An informal French leave-taking expression meaning 'Bye!'.

Comment ça va?

An informal French question asking 'How are you?' or 'How's it going?'.

Tu vas bien?

An informal French question asking 'Are you doing well?'.

Ça va (bien)

An informal French response meaning 'It's going well' or 'I am doing fine'.

Bof, pas très bien…

An informal French response meaning 'Meh, not very well…'.

Comment allez-vous?

A formal French question asking 'How are you?'.

Vous allez bien?

A formal French question asking 'Are you doing well?'.

(Je vais) bien, merci

A formal French response meaning '(I am doing) well, thank you'.

Pas mal

A French response meaning 'Not bad'.

Pag. 16 n. 61 exercise answers

The matching exercise solutions given on page 16 number 61: 1 = C, 2 = A, 3 = E, 4 = B, 5 = F, 6 = D.

Deposito pronunciation rule

A rule stating that a group of final consonants at the end of a word is not pronounced in French; remembered using the word 'deposito' for letters $d, p, s, t, z, x$ (e.g., 'prix' pronounced 'pri', 'soldat' pronounced 'solda').