Introductions and Greetings

Introductions

In this lesson of the Aderalingua French Vocabulary course, you'll learn how to greet people and introduce yourself to others in French. The approximate pronunciation of the French phrases is given in parentheses.

Online flashcards are included at the end of the lesson to help you learn these important French phrases. Take the quiz at the end of the lesson to see how well you know these phrases.

French Phrases

Here are some useful French phrases to use when greeting people and introducing yourself to others. Listen to the phrases and practice speaking them.

Note: In spoken French the word ne is often not pronounced in the combination ne ___ pas.

Sound Salut!
(salew) 		Hi!
Sound Bonjour.
(bonzhoor)		 Hello.
Sound Bienvenue!
(byanvahnew) 		Welcome!
Sound Adieu.
(adyeu) 		Goodbye.
Sound Au revoir.
(oarvwar)		 Goodbye.
Sound Bonsoir.
(bonswar) 		Good evening.
Sound Bonne nuit.
(bon nwi) 		Good night.
Sound Comment vous appelez-vous?
(common vooz applay-voo)		 What is your name?
Sound Je m'appelle ___.
(zhuh mappel) 		My name is ___.
Sound Enchanté de faire votre connaissance.
(onshontay duh fair vottruh connessons) 		Nice to meet you.
Sound D'où êtes-vous?
(doo et voo) 		Where are you from?
Sound je viens de ___.
(je vyan duh) 		I'm from ___.
Sound Est-ce que vous parlez anglais?
(esskuh voo parlay ongleh?) 		Do you speak English?
Sound Je ne parle pas français.
(zhuh nuh parl paw fronseh) 		I can't speak French.
Sound Pouvez-vous parler plus lentement, s'il vous plaît.
(Poovay-voo parlay plew lontmon, seel voo pleh) 		Please speak more slowly.
Sound Pouvez-vous me l'écrire, S'il vous plaît.
(Poovay-voo muh laykreer, seel voo pleh) 		Please write it down for me.
Sound Comment ça va?
(common sa va) 		How's it going?
Sound Comment allez-vous?
(commont allay-voo)		 How are you?
Sound Je vais bien, merci.
(zhuh veh byan, mersee)		 (I'm) good, thanks.
Sound À plus tard.
(ah plew tar) 		See you later.
Sound À bientôt!
(ah byantoh) 		See you soon!
Sound À demain.
(ah deman) 		See you tomorrow.

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Flashcards

This section contains flashcards to help you learn the French phrases for greeting people and introducing yourself to others.

Practice

Here are some practice questions to help you learn French greeting and introduction phrases.

Drag the French word on the right to the matching phrase on the left.

1)
nuit.
ça
2) À
.
Je vais
3) Comment
va?
m'appelle
4) À
tard.
Bonne
5) Enchanté de faire votre
.
allez-vous
6) Je
Marie.
demain
7)
bien, merci.
parle
8) Je
de ....
connaissance
9) Je ne
pas français.
viens
10) Comment
?
plus

Quiz

Here is an online quiz to help you learn the French introduction and greeting phrases introduced in this lesson. Press the start button to begin.