LESSON NOTES

3-Minute French S1 #4
How are you?

CONTENTS
2 French
2 English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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 FRENCH

1. Comment vas-tu?

2. Comment allez -vous?

3. Je vais bien. Merci.

4. Pas très bien.

ENGLISH

1. How are you? (informal)

2. How are you? (formal)

3. I'm fine. Thank you.

4. Not so well.

VOCABULARY

Fr e nc h English C lass Ge nde r

comment how adverb

go [Conjugated,
vas 2nd person singular] verb

tu you personal pronoun

go [Conjugated,
allez 2nd person singular. verb
Formal]

vous you pronoun neuter

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 je I pronoun neuter

go [Conjugated, 1st
vais person singular] verb

merci thank you interjection

pas not adverb

très very adverb feminine

bien good adjective or adverb

SAMPLE SENTENCES

Comment t u t 'appelles ? T u deviner as la r éponse.

"What is your name?" "You will guess the answer."

T u es ét udiant . Vous êt es invit é.

"You are a student." "You are invited."

Quel âge avez -vous? J e m'appelle Anne Pr oust .

"How old are you?" "My name is Anne Proust."

Mer ci énor mément . J e ne suis pas fr ançais.

"T hanks a lot." "I am not French."

T on pull est t r ès moche. Il par le t r ès vit e.

"Your sweater is very ugly." "He speaks very quickly."

J e me sens bien. Le cour s ét ait vr aiment bien, j'ai hât e

d'aller au pr ochain.
"I feel good."
"T he class was really good, and I
can't wait for the next one."

Ce n'est pas bien de ment ir . T r ès bien.

"It's not nice to lie." "Very good."

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C'est bien.

"It is good."

GRAMMAR

In this lesson you will learn how to ask how somebody is.

Regist er French English Impor t ant

Not es

Phr ase 1 infor mal Comment vas- How ar e you?

tu?

Word 1 comment how

Word 2 vas go conjugated

verb

Word 3 tu you

Phr ase 2 for mal Comment How ar e you?

allez-vous?

Word 1 comment how

Word 2 allez go conjugated

verb

Word 3 vous you

Phr ase 3 for mal Je vais bien. I'm fine.

Merci. T hank you.

Word 1 je I

Word 2 vais go conjugated

verb

Word 3 bien good

Word 4 merci thank you

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Phr ase 4 infor mal Pas très bien. Not so well.

Word 1 pas not

Word 2 très very

Word 3 bien good

CULTURAL INSIGHT

Asking someone how they are is just a formal greeting in French – it’s a sentence you say
just to be polite after saying "hello"; it doesn't mean that you actually care about how the
other person feels. Most people answer "good and you?" then you say "good", and move on
with the conversation.

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