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