Bonjour - Greetings in French
Bonjour – Bonsoir – Je m’appelle – enchanté/ Hello – Good evening – My name is – Nice to meet you
In French we use « bonjour » to say hello throughout the day. «bonsoir» is used to say hello at the beginning of the night. «salut» is the informal way of saying hello and good bye between friends and family. When introducing yourself, it is important to distinguish the formal and the informal way.
| In English | In French |
| Hello | Escuchar Bonjour |
| Hi / bye | Escuchar Salut |
| Have a good day | Escuchar Bonne journée |
| Hello (good day) | Escuchar Bonsoir |
| Have a good evening | Escuchar Bonne soirée |
| Have a good night | Escuchar Bonne nuit |
| Good bye | Escuchar Au revoir |
| See you soon | Escuchar A bientôt |
Examples:
- Bonjour Marie! - Hello Marie
- Bonjour Pierre! - Hello Pierre
- Comment allez-vous? - How are you? (formal)
- Très bien merci, et vous? - Very well thank you, and yourself? (formal)
- Je vous souhaite une bonne soirée - I wish you a good evening (formal)
- Au revoir! - Good bye!
- Salut John! Comment ça va? - Hi John! What’s up? ( informal)
- Bien, et toi? - I am fine, and you? (informal) “ toi” is used between friends and family.
Je m’appelle/ My name is:
| French | English | Note |
| Je m'appelle Anne | My name is Anne | |
| Enchanté | Nice to meet you | masculine |
| Comment vous appelez-vous | What's your name? | formal |
| Comment t’appelles-tu | What's your name? | informal |
| Je m'apelle Paul | My name is Paul | |
| Enchantée | Nice to meet you | feminine |
Examples
- Bonjour! Je m’appelle Marie. - Hello! My name is Marie. ( Marie is a girl’s name)
- Enchanté! Je m’appelle Paul. - Nice to meet you! My name is Paul (in this case, a man is talking: “enchanté” is masculine, so there is nothing after -é)
- Enchantée! - Nice to meet you! (in this case, a woman is talking: “enchantée” is feminine, so there is an e at the end -ée)