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How to Say ‘Bye-bye, kitty!’ in French

Au revoir, le chat !

oh ruh-vwar luh shah

[oh ruh-vwar luh shah]

💬 Usage Tip: Speaking straight to an animal with le or la, like le chat, is a playful, affectionate way of addressing it.

Phrase Breakdown

Au revoir,

oh ruh-vwar

Goodbye,

The standard goodbye. In speech the 'e' is often dropped: 'oh-rvwar'.

Example

Au revoir, à demain !

Goodbye, see you tomorrow!

Words in this phrase

[oh]

until the (part of 'au revoir')

Contraction of 'à le'; in 'au revoir' it forms goodbye, 'until seeing again'.

Example

Au revoir, Paul !

Goodbye, Paul!

revoir

[ruh-vwar]

see again

The infinitive meaning 'to see again' or 'to meet again'.

Example

Dans « De vous revoir », revoir veut dire voir une autre fois.

In 'to see you again,' 'revoir' means to see another time.

le chat !

luh shah

cat!

Literally 'the cat', used here to address the cat directly. The 't' is silent.

Example

Viens ici, le chat !

Come here, cat!

Words in this phrase

[luh]

the

Used as a function word to indicate a noun and to mark the noun as definite.

Example

Le chat noir.

The black cat.

chat

[shah]

cat

Means cat; in yoga it refers to the cat part of cat-cow.

Example

Le chat arrondit le dos.

Cat rounds the back.

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