After that you learned to say “Hello” in French, here is the second thing that you can say if you meet a french person. In general, in France, when we meet someone, we quickly ask “How are you?”. It’s a way to start the conversation.

Here is the several expressions to say “how are you ?” in French:

• Comment allez-vous ? – very formal when you show respect to the other person, for a business meeting for instance.
• Comment vas-tu ? – formal question that can be used when you meet a friend.
• Comment ça va ? – Oral form of the previous question, using the neutral pronoun “ça”, which is the contraction of “cela”.
• Ca va ? – Familiar form of the previous question, the answer will be only “yes” (or “no”) in general.
• Ca roule ? Ca gaze ? Ca farte ? – very familiar expressions, used in specific moments, between young people for instance.

Now you have learned several ways to ask “how are you ?” in French. To be sure, use only the two first expressions. You can use the fourth one if you want to impress your interlocutor with a non-academic question.

Et voilà! I hope this french lesson was useful. What do you want to learn then ? You can tell me in a comment below.

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