Greetings
| Cajun French |
English
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| Bonjour! |
Hello! Good morning/afternoon! Hi!
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| Bonsoir! |
Hello! Good evening! Hi!
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| Comment ça va? |
How's it going?
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| Comment les affaires? |
How are things?
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| Comment c'est? |
How is it?
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| Qui ça dit? |
What's up?
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| Comment ça se plume? |
Literally: How's it plucking?
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| Comment ça se roule? |
Literally: How's it rolling?
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Common responses
| Cajun French |
English
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| Doing Well
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| Ça va très bien! |
It's going very well!
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| C'est magnifique! |
It's magnificent!
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| Joliment bien! |
Very well!
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| Beaucoup bien! |
Very well!
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| Doing OK
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| Comme ci, comme ça |
So-so (OK)
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| Ça peut faire |
It'll do
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| Ça va |
It's going
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| Pas mal |
Not bad
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| C’est pas trop mauvais |
Not too bad
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| Doing Bad
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| Ça va mal |
It's going bad
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| Ça va pas bien |
It's not going well
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| Beaucoup mal |
Very bad
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| Ça va pas du tout |
It's not going at all
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Example conversation
- Pierre: Bonjour Dennis! (Hello Dennis!)
- Dennis: Bonjour Pierre! Comment ça va? (Hello Pierre! How's it going?)
- Pierre: Ça peut faire. Et toi? (It'll do. How about you?)
- Dennis: Ça va bien, merci. (It's going well, thank you.)
Farewells
| French |
English
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| Au revoir! |
Goodbye! (polite)
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| Bye-bye! |
Bye-bye!
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| À plus tard! |
See you later!
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| À demain! |
See you tomorrow!
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| On va se revoir plus tard. |
We'll see each other later.
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| On va se reparler plus tard. |
We'll talk later.
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| Il faut je m'en vas. |
I have to go.
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| Il faut je fais route. |
I've got to hit the road.
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| Soigne-toi! |
Take care! (said to one person)
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| Soignez-vous-autres! |
Y'all take care!
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"Au revoir" may be pronounced as if spelled "au re'oir" (without the v sound) or as "à re'oir". "On va se revoir" follows this same pattern; it is said "On va se re'oir"
Example conversation
- Pierre: Alright Dennis... ben, faut je m'en vas. (Alright Dennis... well, I have to go.)
- Dennis: OK Pierre, on va se revoir plus tard. (OK Pierre, we'll see each other later.)
- Pierre: Ouais, soigne-toi. (Yes, take care.)