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“Adieu means you will never see the person again. In fact, it is so final it literally translates to “To God”! It is thus best to avoid using this expression unless you are definitively cutting ties with someone.”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“Bonjour, bonsoir, merci, sont trois règles de la vie. Good day, good evening, thank you, are the three rules of life. - a Breton proverb”
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“Finally, once names are exchanged, one usually says “Nice to meet you” or Enchanté(e) in French. For male speakers, it is written simply as Enchanté. For female speakers, it is written with an extra –e, as in Enchantée. Both are pronounced the same way.”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“informal situations include talking to your friends and family, to close colleagues and classmates, or to children.”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“À tout de suite See you in a moment À tout à l’heure See you in a bit À bientôt See you soon À plus (inf.) À plus tard See you later À demain See you tomorrow À la prochaine Until next time”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“quite”
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“Before cities, we always use the preposition à, which is an equivalent of “in” in English. So you might say, à Paris, à Tokyo, à Rome, à Jakarta, etc. For countries, the preposition changes according to gender and number.”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“Formal situations include talking to a stranger and addressing people in professional or commercial situations”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“We link the final –s of the word vous, with the ê- of êtes. We thus pronounce it as such: /Voo  zeht frahN-seh/.”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“The final consonant of a word is generally not pronounced, except for the letters C, R, F and L. For example, in the word bas /bah/ (below), the –s is mute. But in the word truc /trewk/ (thing), the final –c is pronounced. The exception is for verbs, where the final R is not pronounced. For example, manger (to eat) is pronounced as /mahñ-zheh/. ●        If you wish to sound native, one of the most important things to learn is the liaison. Liaison means pronouncing the final consonant of a word with the first vowel of the next word. For example, in the sentence:”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“Words ending in –e or –ion are often feminine, except those ending in –age, –ege, –é, or –isme, which are often masculine.”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!

“Here’s a bonus tip for pronunciation: the words appelle, appelles, appellent are actually pronounced the exact same way: /ah-pehl/”
― Explore ToWin, Complete French Workbook for Adult Beginners: Your Proven Guide to Speaking French in 30 Days!