Greetings

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Description

• Greetings (les salutations)
• Helpful verbs and pronouns
• Grammar Point: "there" in French
  

Greetings (les salutations)

English	French	Listen and Repeat	Write
Hello	Bonjour		?
Good-bye	Au revoir		?
Please	S'il vous plaît		?
Thank you	Merci		?
You're welcome	De rien		?
My name is Marc	Je m'appelle Marc		?
What is your name?	Quel est votre nom?		?
Nice to meet you	Enchanté		?
This is my mother	Je vous présente ma mère		?
Please speak slowly	Parlez lentement, s'il vous plaît		?
See you next time	à la prochaine		?

 

Helpful verbs and pronouns

présenter ("to introduce"), rencontrer ("to meet"); vous ("you"), mon/ma ("my")

présenter

Je vous présente ma copine = "This is my girlfriend"

 

rencontrer

Je voudrais rencontrer votre famille = "I would like to meet your family".

 

You can learn the conjugation of these verbs here.

 

You can find more information about pronouns here. You can use the BonPatron Grammar Guide to test your knowledge on a wide variety of verbs and nouns.

 

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Grammar Point: "there" in French

To say "there is/are", write Il y a, e.g.: "There is someone at the door" = Il y a quelqu'un à la porte; to refer to a location, use the form y BEFORE the verb, e.g.: "I'm going there tomorrow" = J'y vais demain. You can find our more about the pronoun y here.

Exercises

Give the English equivalent:

Give the French equivalent:

Translate the following, then verify your grammar with BonPatron.com:

1. My aunt has eleven grandchildren.

2. I want to go there with my family.

3. Yesterday, I met his girlfriend.

4. There is someone who is waiting for you.

After producing your own grammatically correct translation on BonPatron.com, you can check your answer by typing R below:

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