While I drink my coffeeBonjour !
Translation
Hello! / Good morning!
Week 1, day 1 of 25
Français A0, 15–20 minutes
Bonjour and merci
Say hello, goodbye, thank you and please.
Charles de Gaulle airport. Marina, a student from Tallinn, is in France for the first time. Little money, lots of plans. On the plane she whispered one word over and over: bonjour.
1. Listen and repeat
Listen first. Reveal the translation if you need it. Repeat the phrase slowly twice.
Merci.
Translation
Thank you.
S'il vous plaît.
Translation
Please.
Au revoir !
Translation
Goodbye!
Reading, sound by sound
The first reading rule: a final consonant is usually silent. Paris sounds like pa-REE, petit like p-TEE, salut like sa-LU. You see the letter, you don't hear it.
Read the word yourself first, then tap it to check.
2. Try it
01 Listen. What does the speaker mean?
Show the recording transcript
Bonjour !
02 Reading. Which word did you hear?
Show the recording transcript
Paris
03 You walk into a shop. What do you say first?
04 Build the phrase from the model.
Model: S'il vous plaît
Tap the words in order
3. Your own turn
Say hello, ask for something politely and say goodbye. Look at the model if you need it.
See an example
Bonjour ! S'il vous plaît. Merci. Au revoir !
Compare your phrase with the model. Speech and free writing are not automatically graded here.
Try the exercises and your own phrase. You can also move on with support.