🇫🇷 French Greetings & Basics
The polite essentials — hello, thank you, sorry. Twelve phrases that set the tone of every conversation you'll ever have. Read them below — then actually say them: recognising a phrase and producing it out loud are different skills, and only one helps you in the moment.
| English | French |
|---|---|
| Hello | Bonjour |
| Good morning | Bonjour (le matin) |
| Good evening | Bonsoir |
| Goodbye | Au revoir |
| Please | S'il vous plaît |
| Thank you | Merci |
| You're welcome | De rien |
| Yes | Oui |
| No | Non |
| Excuse me | Pardon |
| I'm sorry | Je suis désolé(e) |
| How are you? | Comment ça va ? |
How to make these stick
- Say each phrase out loud three times — your mouth learns separately from your eyes.
- Rehearse the scene: imagine the café or the street corner and act out both sides.
- Then use them in a real conversation — Yap gives you a 30-second spoken role-play with an AI tutor that responds, corrects gently, and never judges.
More French phrases
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