How are you?

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KEY-WORDS:

Je vais bien : I’m doing well  

en bus : by bus

bien : good / fine / well

Je suis : I am

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KEY-WORDS:

Je vais bien I’m doing well  

Ça va bien It’s going well

Très bien Very good

à pied by foot

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[respvoice voicetext=” Comment allez-vous?” btntext=”Click here to listen”]

The best way to answer the question is to provide a developed sentence that answers the question directly.

KEY-WORDS:
Je vais bien I am doing well [respvoice voicetext=” je vais bien”]

Ça va  It’s going well [respvoice voicetext=” ça va”]

comme ci, comme ça so-so [respvoice voicetext=”comme ci, comme ça”]

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Key-words:
Comment How  

tu es you are

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Comment allez-vous?
→ Je vais bien.

Grammar Topic: The “aller” verb

Many expressions differ from English to French and literal translation isn’t always possible. The greetings are an example of this.

They are idiomatic expressions using the verb “aller” which means “to go”. All you need to do is to conjugate the verb “aller”, according to the person you’re talking to or about.

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French Sentence Structure:

The basic sentence structure is very similar to English:

subject, verb, object. ( Je suis directeur. / Tu bois du café…)

French Question Structure:

The formal interrogative structure is also similar to English:

interrogative word, verb, subject? (Quel est votre nom? / Comment vas-tu?)