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A song about greetings in French

It’s important to know how to greet people and respond in French.

You can practise greetings in French with this fun song.

Sing along: French greetings

Download the lyric sheet here.

Sing along: French greetings

'Hello' and 'goodbye' in French

There are different ways of greeting each other in French.To say 'hello' to someone, you can say .If you want to say 'hello' to a friend or family member, you can say .

If you want to say 'goodbye' to someone, you say or – 'see you soon'.

The greeting you use can change depending on who you are talking to and what time of day it is.

FrenchEnglish
see you soon
see you tomorrow
goodbye
hello, good morning
good night
good evening
hi

'How are you?' in French

An illustration of a young girl dancing

If you want to ask someone how they are feeling, you can say It’s like saying ‘How is it going?'.

So if someone asks you how you are, you could reply – 'Good, thank you'.

Did you also spot the space before the question mark? In French, punctuation marks such as question marks, exclamation marks, colons, and semi-colons have a space before them.

Here are some different ways of saying how you are in French:

FrenchEnglish
good
And you?
yes, ok
not bad
bad
very good

'Please' and 'thank you' in French

Boy pointing to the left

To say 'thank you' in French, you say .

To say 'please' in French, there are two different phrases to use. If you’re saying 'please' to a friend or family member, you use the informal .

If you want to say 'please' to more than one person or to one person in a formal situation, such as when speaking to a shop assistant, you say .

Boy pointing to the left