Bonjour! Salut!
So you've decided to take on the challenge that is the french language...well you've definitely come to the right place! I'm still learning and perfecting it at the moment but I do know the basics. A couple of my friends have been nagging me to teach them bits here and there so I've decided to set up a blog to (hopefully) help them and anyone else who's interested.
This 1st post will be about the main greetings used and I'll cover verbs, genders, common phrases etc in upcoming posts. J'espère que vous les aimez bien (I hope you like them)!
Main phrases used (pronunciation tips are in brackets) :
Bonjour - Hello or good day (bon - jure)
Salut - Hi. This tends to be used between friends or people you know. Otherwise just stick to bonjour. (Sa - loo)
Bonsoir - Good evening (Bon - swa)
Au revoir - Bye (say it how you see it...sorry...can't really help much with this one)
Allo - Hello. Surprisingly a lot of french people actually say this instead of bonjour. it's just like hello...but with a french accent!
Ça va? - How are you? This is a key 1st phrase in most conversations. Again, pretty much say it how you see it.
Bien merci - Good thank you.
Mal - Bad (If you're having a particularly offish kind of day.)
This is just one of many posts to come which literally covers the basics. I'll cover some more interesting stuff in the next posts! :)
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