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See, hear and learn the 3 most common ways to say how are you in French: comment-allez vous, comment vas-tu and (comment) ça va?

When my niece who learned how to speak French taking French classes saw me this new year, she greeted me with : ‘comment-allez vous?’ in order to ask me how are you in French. Quite impressive for the following reason:

Comment-allez vous is the most formal and polite way to ask somebody how are you in French. When you are amongst friends, you would use the more informal or casual way to say how are you: comment vas-tu?

• Comment means "how" in French.
• Allez-vous and vas-tu are 2 ways to say "go you" in French: the first way is the formal and utterly polite way, the latter is the one you will use amongst your friends or who-ever you feel related to on a similar level (colleagues at work, your brothers and sisters…).

Then there is the third way to say how are you in French that you will hear a lot: (comment) ça va? , translated from French to English as : "it goes"? If you only want to remember one way of saying how are you in French, then remember ça va:

• as you can both use it in formal and informal conversation – be it more informal than formal – and
• it’s a perfect way to say "that all goes well".

However if you want to impress people with your politeness, then repeat what my niece said: comment allez-vous? You can’t go wrong with this way of saying how are you in French. And when the French person feels that you are ‘allowed’ to use the more casual way of saying how are you in French, he will answer your question with comment vas-tu.

How to say how are you in French audio examples

Below some common phrases that you can hear when you greet somebody in French,
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How are you in French audio transcript

• Comment allez-vous? How are you? (formal-polite)
• Comment ça va? How are things going with you?
• Bonjour. Goodmorning / Goodday
• Comment ça va? How are things going with you?
• (Pas) très bien. (Not) very well.
• Et vous? And you? (formal-polite)
• Et toi? Comment vas-tu? And you? How are you (in a more casual French way)

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Learn French music vocabulary

• When it comes to learning French or any language for that matter, you know that the more you repeat the words, the more you will remember them.
   
• You also know that some songs just stick into your memory and can go on and on when you wish they wouldn’t…

Combine these 2 learning methods and you have just found yourself the best way to learn French but…

Don’t go learning the French songs by hearth: just listen to your favorite French music and pay special attention to words and expressions you can use every day when you travel to France.

Learn where to find French music for free

Just go to Youtube and look for French Music or French Songs and add the words lyrics if you prefer as some videos will even display the vocabulary of the French music you want to learn from, like the learn French music video we made for you below:

Now don’t break your head in memorizing all the French words in a French song, but do concentrate on French vocabulary that you could use every day. In the above video "Aicha" from Cheb Khaled, very common French expressions and words are:

• Comme ci, comme ça: soso
• à côté de: next to
• moi: me
• sans: without 
• j’ai: I have
• prends: take
• tout est pour toi: all is for you
• voici: take (when you hand something to somebody)
• les bijoux: jewels (not to confuse with bisous: kisses!)
• aussi:also
• miel: honey
• si tu m’aimes: if you love me
• où: where
• dans:in, inside
• rien: nothing
• beau / belle : beautiful
• écoute-moi: listen to me
• t’en vas pas: do not go
• regarde moi: look at me
• reponds-moi: answer me
• ciel: sky
• les rayons du soleil: the rays of the sun,
• tes yeux: your eyes
• je vaux mieux que tout ça: I am worth more than that
• Je veux: I want
• droit: right
• chaque jour: each day,
• je ne veux que l’amour: I want only love "

That’s about 60 common French words you will learn by just listening to this French music. Of course in order to learn French even faster, you need to learn from the French music you love the most, so do browse around in your record shop or online at Youtube.

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Speak French fluently: free and fun way to learn how to count in French. Look, listen and repeat to learn French numbers pronunciation.

Numbers 1 to 10 in French

Learn French numbers from 0 to 10 in the video below.

French numbers up to 100

The best way to learn French is only learning the numbers from 0 to 10 in one day or week if you only have little time daily to learn French at home.

Learning French numbers should be done in stages, as counting in French is a bit odd.

French language schools will give you a list of all French number to memorize. Unfortunately, your memory will get stuck pretty fast when you need to learn French words without any context. Praise yourself once your learned how to count in French from 0 to 10 and stop there!

If you want to say and speak French numbers to 100 or to any amount, just read each French number separately. That explains why we added 0 to the list of French numbers 1 to 10.

Learning French numbers : Words sound different than how they are written

You will notice that only now we will show you the French spelling of the French numbers. This is because you will notice that not all written letters in the French language are pronounced:

How to count in French from 0 to 10 :

• zéro = 0
   
• un = 1
   
• deux = 2
   
• trois = 3
   
• quatre = 4
   
• cinq = 5
   
• six = 6
   
• sept = 7
   
• huit = 8
   
• neuf = 9
   
• dix = 10
   

Written letters you don’t pronounce:

• de ‘x’ in the number dix is pronounced as an ’s’ and you won’t hear it at all in the French number deux
   
• you don’t hear the ‘p’ in the French number sept
   
• you don’t pronounce the ’s’ in the French number trois

Why do the French write letters they don’t pronounce?

Because French spelling still looks like how it was around the 1600’s. However French pronunciation has evolved since, especially more letters have been "swallowed" but still need to be written.

That’s why you best learn how to speak French by first listening and repeating the French words, before you go into the spelling. This method will ensure you to learn French quickly, more quickly than starting to learn French based on a textbook.

That’s why we recommend you to learn French by listening to the 31 French audio tutorials (for less than $100 with money back guarantee!). With these French audio tutorials, you can learn French easily by listening and learn French in your car or sofa.

How to count to 10 in French

Today in your online French course you learned how to count to 10 in French. You will learn all French numbers in our future free French courses.

People will always write down French numbers on your bill, on a price tag, so we cover more French numbers in our future French language lessons about going to the restaurant and going shopping.

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