Meeting the in laws again: Family updates and events
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Key Phrases
Comment allez-vous ?
How are you?
Envoyez-nous des photos
Send us photos
Comment va Paul ?
How is Paul?
Skills You'll Learn
Asking about someone's well-being
Poser des questions sur le bien-être de quelqu'un
Discussing plans and activities
Discuter des projets et des activités
Expressing excitement or happiness
Exprimer l'enthousiasme ou le bonheur
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine meeting your French teacher again after some time and having a casual conversation. You discuss each other's well-being, your family's situation, the new changes in life like Marie's new school, and your new job. You also talk about future vacation plans and how Paul is doing with his new business. The conversation winds down with a plan to catch up over coffee soon.
Bonjour, c'est agréable de vous revoir ! Comment allez-vous ?
Hello, it's nice to see you again! How are you?
Bonjour Emily , nous allons bien, merci. Et toi ? Comment va ta famille ?
Hello Emily, we are fine, thank you. And you? How is your family?
Tout le monde va bien, merci. Marie a commencé une nouvelle école et elle aime beaucoup ses professeurs.
Everyone is fine, thank you. Marie started at a new school and she really likes her teachers.
C'est merveilleux ! Et comment est votre nouveau travail ?
That's wonderful! And how is your new job?
Oh, c'est très intéressant et les collègues sont gentils. J'apprends beaucoup de choses chaque jour.
Oh, it's very interesting and the colleagues are nice. I'm learning a lot every day.
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
Bonjour
bohn-zhoor
Hello
C'est agréable
seh eht ah-gray-ah-bluh
It's nice
💬 [C'] only appears joined to the next word, as in [c'est]. Never alone.
See breakdown →De vous revoir
duh voo ruh-vwahr
To see you again
💬 After [de], French often uses the plain verb form: [de vous revoir], [de partir], [de venir]. Here [vous] means "you" as the object of [revoir], so literally "to see you again."
See breakdown →C'est agréable de vous revoir
seh eht ah-gray-ah-bluh duh voo ruh-vwahr
It's nice to see you
💬 [Revoir] is literally "see again," so French often says [de vous revoir] where English says "to see you again." That pattern works with people: [Je suis content de te revoir].
See breakdown →Comment
koh-mahn
How
Allez-vous ?
ah-lay voo
Are you?
💬 In questions like [allez-vous ?] the verb comes before [vous]. You can reuse that pattern with many verbs: [Avez-vous le temps ?]
🇫🇷 [Comment allez-vous ?] is polite and a bit formal. With in-laws it can sound warm and respectful, especially if you normally use [vous].
See breakdown →Comment allez-vous ?
koh-mahn ah-lay voo
How are you?
💬 In this kind of question, French flips the usual order and puts the verb before [vous]: [allez-vous ?], [avez-vous ?]. That's a common pattern in more formal questions.
See breakdown →Nous
noo
We
Allons bien
ah-lohn byehn
Are well
💬 [Allons] comes from [aller], which is also used for how someone is doing: [nous allons bien], [ça va bien]. So it is not about physical movement here.
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