Standard greetings are essential, and a brief, polite exchange is common before getting to the point.
- Bonjour
- Hello/Good morning/Good afternoon
- Bonsoir
- Good evening
- Ça va ?
- How are you?
- Ça va bien, merci
- I'm fine, thank you
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Théo 🐈
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Je veux apprendre le français
Bonjour ! Ça va ? Comment s'est passée ta journée ? 🐈
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the same reply, spoken
A real exchange: the phrases are the ones the cat actually sends.
Five words that change the chat
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?
Lost. The cat breaks its last message down, word by word.
scale
Sets how much English you get back, from all of it to none.
why
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vocabulary
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switch
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The six cats of France
Same six characters in every language, with local names and local lives. Pick one to read its story.
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Théo
Nomadic Cat
Théo crossed into France from across the Pyrénées and learned his first French from a marché vendor in Perpignan, who repeated every price until he got it right. Now he teaches beginners, one word at a time.
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The French that isn't in the textbook
How people in France actually say it. Your cat uses these without being asked, and explains them if you ask.
The use of 'quoi' at the end of a sentence, while informal, is a common marker of informal, everyday French, particularly among younger speakers.
- quoi
- what (used informally at the end of a sentence for emphasis or casualness)
When ordering at a counter, speakers often use concise phrases and the imperative.
- Je vais prendre...
- I'll have...
- Un café, s'il vous plaît
- A coffee, please
- Et avec ceci ?
- And with that?
Instead of a direct 'oui' or 'non', French speakers often use a repetition of the verb or a variation of 'si' to answer a yes/no question.
- Si
- Yes (in response to a negative question)
- Je ne sais pas
- I don't know
- Ah bon ?
- Really? / Oh yeah?
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