Innovative Language - Learn French - Level 1: Introduction

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Lesson Track

Learn French with FrenchPod101.com! You just arrived in France. You take a deep breath of the crisp air, look around you, and get ready to embark on a new adventure! What brings you to France? Work? Vacation? Family? Or have you decided to grab life by the horns and study abroad at the French university? Regardless of the reason you have for being here in glorious France, at some point someone will greet you in French and maybe even introduce themselves to you! If you don't think so, pay attention the next time you enter a store in your very own hometown! What do you hear when you enter the store? Exactly! You can come across as rude and walk away, or you can greet the person right back in French with a hearty "hello!" Just learning how to say this simple opening word in French can open many more doors for you while you travel in France!

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Formal French
Rceptionniste: Bonjour, Madame. Je m'appelle Maxime.
Mme Lefebvre: Enchante, Monsieur. Je m'appelle Madame Lefebvre Camille.
Rceptionniste: Enchant Madame.

Formal English
Receptionist: Hello, madam. I'm Maxime.
Mrs. Lefebvre: Nice to meet you, sir. I'm Mrs. Camille Lefebvre.
Receptionist: Nice to meet you, Madam.

( hello )
Monsieur.
"Hello, sir."
Madame.
"Hello, ma'am."

( madam )
Madame.
"Hello, ma'am."

(m'appelle My name is, I'm called )
m'appelle Nicolas.
"My name is Nicolas."

( - e. Pleased / Nice to meet you.)
est enchante de vous voir.
"She is pleased to see you."
est enchant de vous rencontrer.
"He is pleased to meet you."

The Focus of This Lesson is Self-Introduction and Basic Greetings in Formal French
Bonjour, Madame.
"Hello, Ma'am."

Bienvenu(e) ("Welcome") to the French language basics. Introducing oneself is inevitable in any situation and is rather easy! Let's start with the word bonjour!

Bonjour ("Hello")

For a more classical and frequent greeting, use bonjour, meaning "hello." Its literal meaning is "good day."

You can use bonjour anytime during the day in any circumstances. If you are speaking to a friend, an elderly person, or an unknown person in an informal or formal situation, use bonjour. It the safest and most respectable way of greeting a person while in France or another French-speaking country.

If the evening is falling and night is soon to come, use bonsoir, meaning "good evening." Like bonjour, bonsoir is the most common way to greet someone in a safe manner. The only difference is that you can use bonsoir for farewells as well at the end of the day.

Note that a title can follow both bonjour and bonsoir to be a bit more proper, as with bienvenu.

For Example:

Daytime

1. Bonjour monsieur.
   "Hello, sir."
2. Bonjour madame.
   "Hello, ma'am."

Evening

1. Bonsoir monsieur.
   "Hello, sir." or "Good evening, sir."
2. Bonsoir madame.
   "Hello, ma'am."
   "Good evening, ma'am."

Greeting Duringthe Day

Bonjour
Bon-juhrr
"Hello"

Bonjour monsieur
Bon-juhrr muh-si-hoe
"Hello, sir"

Bonjour madame
Bon-juhrr ma-dam
"Hello, ma'am"

Greeting or Farewell in the Evening or at Night

Bonsoir
Bon-su-ahrr
"Hello/goodbye"

Bonsoir monsieur
Bon-su-ahrr Muh-si-hoe
"Hello/goodbye sir"

Bonsoir madame
Bon-su-ahrr Ma-dam
"Hello/goodbye ma'am"

Stating a Name

After you're formally greeted in your hotel, someone will certainly ask you about your identity.

In many other situations, social or otherwise, to get to know someone or introduce yourself, you will ask or hear the most frequent question: "What is your name?"

To answer it, use:

1. the personal pronoun je, meaning "I" in English, and
2. the verb s'appeler conjugated at the correct form

Conjugating the Verb s'appeler ("to be called")

The verb s'appeler means "to be called" and we translate it with the verb "to be" in English when stating a name, as shown in the dialogue translation. The infinitive verb s'appeler ends with the letters -er, telling us it is:

1. a regular verb and
2. a verb from the first verb group

Its particularity is the presence at its infinitive form of the letter