How to Say ‘How are you?’ in French
Comment allez-vous ?
koh-mahn ah-lay voo
[koh-mahn ah-lay voo]
💬 Usage Tip: 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.
Phrase Breakdown
Comment
[koh-mahn]
How
Queries about state or quality.
Comment allez-vous aujourd'hui ?
How are you today?
Allez-vous ?
ah-lay voo
Words in this phrase
allez
[ah-lay]
do you go
Inquiring someone's state or journey.
Comment allez-vous au travail ?
How are you going to work?
-vous
[voo]
you
Refers to person or people being spoken to.
Comment allez-vous, monsieur ?
How are you, sir?
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