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Lesson 0.07 - How are you?<br />

D: A simple conversation<br />

Two good friends—Marie and Jean—are meeting:<br />

Marie: Salut Jean. Ça va ?<br />

Jean: Ça va bien, merci. Et toi, ça va ?<br />

Marie: Pas mal.<br />

Jean: Quoi de neuf ?<br />

Marie: Pas grand-chose.<br />

Marie: Au revoir Jean.<br />

Jean: Au revoir, à demain.<br />

V: How are you?<br />

French Vocabulary • Print version • audio (info •105 kb • help)<br />

How are you? Ça va?<br />

Comment allez-vous ? (formal),<br />

Comment vas-tu ? (informal),<br />

Comment ça va ? / Ça va ? (informal)<br />

Ça va (très) bien<br />

Oui, ça va.<br />

Très bien, merci.<br />

Pas mal.<br />

pas si bien/pas très bien<br />

(très) mal<br />

Comme ci, comme ça.<br />

Désolé(e).<br />

Et toi ?<br />

Et vous ?<br />

How are you?<br />

I'm doing (very) well<br />

(lit. It's going (very) well)<br />

Yes, it goes.<br />

Very well, thanks.<br />

Not Bad<br />

not so well<br />

(very) bad<br />

So-So.<br />

Sorry.<br />

And you? (informal)<br />

And you? (formal)<br />

Check for understanding<br />

Write down as many ways to respond to Ça va? as you can think of off the top off your head. Then go back to<br />

the vocabulary and learn other ways.<br />

E: Basic phrases - Dialogue<br />

French Exercise • Print version • audio (info •60 kb • help)<br />

Basic Phrases Expressions de base<br />

Exercise<br />

Put the following conversation in order:

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