North Carolina Virtual Public School
French I, Module 1
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Lesson 2 Remediation
We learned a great deal of new French culture and vocabulary in this
lesson. Let’s review this so you can add this to what you know in French.
We had several greetings and farewells. Let’s review them in that section.
Then fill in these notes here:
French words
English word
Bonjour, Monsieur
Hello, Sir.
Bonjour, Madame
Hello, Madame.
(ma’am)
Bonjour,
Mademoiselle
Hello, Miss.
Hi, everyone!
Salut, tout le
monde!
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These words “bonjour” and “salut” are the ways we can greet people in
French.
Bonjour is a greeting we will consider to be formal. It is appropriate to use
with people whose name is preceded by a title: Mr., Mrs., Miss, Dr., etc.
Salut is a greeting we will consider to be informal or familiar. We will use it
with anyone whose first name we use.
As you go through the “How are you?” Activity, be sure to take note of the
vocabulary you are learning here.
We also see some other vocabulary that you will want to learn in this
activity. They are here. Begin learning them now.
French word
Allô
Coucou
Tout le monde
English Word
Hello (used when answering the
phone)
Hey
Everyone
In French, we have what is known as “formality”. This means that
sometimes we use a certain way of saying an expression and sometimes
that way is not appropriate because of the person we are talking to.
As you go through the “Farewells” Activity, be sure to take note of the
vocabulary you are learning here. Let’s see what words we have.
French words
English word (write
this)
Good-bye
Au revoir
A bientôt
See you soon
Bye
Ciao!
Bon voyage!
Have a good trip!
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These words in this activity are all words to say “good-bye” or “see you” at
some point later. This chart has them all in English so you have no doubt
what they do mean. You will want to begin studying these words as part of
your daily preparation for class.
French word
Au revoir
A bientôt
A la prochaine
English Word
Good-bye
See you soon
See you soon (literally: the next
time)
Children, kids
Bye
Bye
See you later
Have a good trip!
See you tomorrow
Good day, Good morning
Good afternoon
Good evening
Good night
Les enfants
Salut
Ciao
A plus
Bon voyage
A demain
Bonne journée
Bon après-midi
Bonne soirée
Bonne nuit
We have two forms to say many things – a “formal” and a “familiar” tone.
We will use the formal tone with anyone whose name is preceded by a title.
We will use the familiar tone with people in our own peer group or younger
than us.
Formal Tone
Familiar Tone
English word (write
this)
Comment allez-vous?
Comment vas-tu?
How are you?
Ça va bien?
How are things going?
Comment ça va?
Je vais bien.
Bien, merci.
Bien, et vous?
Ça va.
Ça va bien.
Pas mal du tout.
These are all forms of
saying: Things are
Bien, et toi?
Ça roule!
good, it’s going well, I
am well, I am fine.
What’s new?
Quoi de neuf?
Ça roule?
RIen de nouveau.
Rien de neuf.
Pas grand chose.
Ça roule.
Ça va mal.
Ça va très mal.
Ça va un peu mal.
Ça va très bien.
Ça va comme ci
comme ça.
Nothing much.
Nothing new.
Not a lot.
It’s going badly.
It’s going very badly.
It’s going a little bad
It’s going very well.
It’s going so-so.
These words in this activity are all words to say How are you? Or respond
to that question in both the familiar and formal tones. Fill in the table
above with the English equivalents so you are sure you know what these
expressions mean. Begin to use them now. You will want to begin
studying these words as part of your daily preparation for class.
Be sure to let your instructor know if you have questions on this activity.