"Good evening, how are you doing?"
Translation:Bonsoir, comment ça va ?
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Bonne nuit is Good night
Bonne soirée is Have a good evening
Bonsoir is Good evening
So generally, Bonsoir- Good evening (greetings)
Bonne nuit- Good night
Bonne soirée- Have a good evening (when parting)
Bonne journée- Have a good day
But why I answered ''Bonne soirée, comment ca va''.It showed me that ''bonne soirée'' is wrong?? I can't understand.
"Comment ca va" means "How are you doing," which is generally used when greeting someone. To greet someone, you should say "Bonsoir," which means "Good evening" and is used in greeting, instead of "Bonne soirée," which means "Have a good evening" and is used when parting.
Bonne nuit means good night
Bonne soiree means have a good evening
Bonsoir means good evening
I remembered that Duolingo taught me Good evening was bonne soirée. When i answered, it marked it was wrong :(
Bonne soiree means Have a good evening, and is used when parting ways with someone, while Bonsoir is Good evening and used as a greeting :)
Yeah this has happened to me quite a few times! Dont know how to notify them
Same here...why is it not accepted! Bonne soiree was good evening on the first question i was asked and it was correct!
Same here tho...
But turned out that bonne soirée means "have a good day**,
And Bonsoir means "good evening".
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"Bonne soiree" is actually "have a good evening" and "Bonne journee" is "have a good day"
You have to say "Bonsoir, comment ca va ?" or else the translation would be "Good evening, I am fine."
I did "ca va" and it marked me as correct, but thank you for this explanation.
What is the difference between comment ça va and just ça va? What is the litteral definition?
Comment ça va has different meanings as in "how are you" while ça va on it's own can literally just mean "it's okay"
So many people not reading the comments before posting their own questions... please be sure that you do.
Just to make sure I understood this: bonne soirée only works when there is a departure, whilst bonsoir works when there is an encounter without a departure?
I tried bonne soirée and got it wrong. I seem to remember it being more of a "have fun this evening" than a casual evening greeting. Can anyone confirm?
Ca va is the familiar tense correct? To a strange I thought it was proper to use Comment allez-vous? the non familiar. Also I thought in asking a question, one inverted the pronoun and verb as I used above. Can anyone comment on these permutations of the language?
Bonne nuit is Good night
Bonne soirée is Have a good evening
Bonsoir is Good evening
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Although "Bonsoir" (masculine - one word) is correct, be sure to remember when saying "Have a good evening..." you will want to use "bonne" for "Bonne soirée" (feminine - two words), rather than "Bon."
"Bonne soirée" is good evening and "Bonsoir" is good evening ? what is the difference
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Saying "Bonne soirée" followed by "comment ça va" would be like this: You are wrapping up a conversation with someone, you've just finished speaking to, you look away and start to walk down the street (again, having just said, "Have a good evening!"). Then, just as you look away and start walking down the street you say, (comment ça va) "How are you doing?" As if to start up the conversation again - Picture that - Doesn't really make sense to do that! Does it?
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When one uses inversion in French, it is always "more formal" (even when using the informal/familiar form, "tu" vs. formal/polite form, "vous.")... On a casual/formal scale of 0-5 (0 - the least/not at all; 5 - the most/completely):
"ça va?" - asking "how is it going?" Casual - 5 / Formal - 0;
"Comment ça va?" "how are you doing" Casual - 4 / Formal - 1; more colloquial, used when speaking.
"Comment tu vas?" Casual - 3 / Formal - 2;
"Comment vas-tu?" Casual - 2 / Formal - 3; "How are you?" (Literally, "how are you going?") both in conversation and in writing. use if you want to be more romantic with a boy/girlfriend (than not).
"Comment vous allez...?" Casual - 1 / Formal - 4; but, without more, would still sound like an unfinished question; "Comment vous allez faire ça?" - "How are you going to do that?" is very slang, street talk, but nevertheless is used.
"Comment allez-vous?" Casual - 0 / Formal - 5; Respectively, one of the most formal and polite ways to ask "How are you doing?"
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Use "Bonsoir" as a greeting or friendly salutation. Use "Bonne soirée" as a departing wish.
Bonsoir is good evening while bonne soiree can be seen as, have a good evening
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If you have long press menus on your phone, generally you can hold (long press) down on the letter "c" and a menu will appear showing "ç" as an available option for selection.
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Bonjour = Good morning / Hello (during the day)
Bonsoir = Good evening (usually after 5pm-ish)
I am using a laptop for Duolingo so even though i get it correct it still says 'remember to yse accents' i know how to us the accents but i dont know how to put it on since im on laptop.
how are you doing sometimes we use et toi? and sometimes ca va which one to use when
I agree with the usage for the familiar tense, but when I took Conversational French 40 YEARS AGO, the expression was, comment allez-vous, the formal tense.
Please explain the difference between when you respond to 'Good evening' as: Bonsoir or Bonne soiree (with the accent on the first e). I always thought that the second option was to say 'have a good evening'. Thanks so much.
Yes, that was my understanding but now I am confused. Losing a point isn't that important and am hoping it will clarify itself later. Thanks for your follow-up.
The question before did not accept bonne soir for good evening. This question says it should be bonjour for good evening. Who is editing Duolingo and correcting some of the glitches.?
i chose bonne soiree and it showed it as a mistake when it is part of the options i had. Why?
"bonne soiree" means "have a good evening" while "bonsoir" means "good evening"
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That would mean: "Good evening, are you doing well?" vs "Good evening, how are you doing?"
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Orally, nothing really. In relation to the language you might highlight your status as a foreigner (depending on who you talk to, not necessarily a negative), as most would invert the subject and the verb with that question.
Written however, remember the conjugation of the verb "aller" with "tu" is "vaS" If you use inversion the hyphen is also required between the inverted verb-subject. "Bonsoir, comment vas-tu?"
Here a tip : Ça va can be used both to ask how someone is doing and to answer the question
Bonsoir means good evening, while Bonne soirée means Have a good evenine
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Because, between languages, you can't always translate word for word. Literally "Bonsoir, comment ça va ?" translates to "Good Evening, how it goes? or ..."how goes it?"
Colloquially (in a conversation) though, the "asker" is obviously seeking to know how life is generally going for the "hearer." From that perspective they (the hearer) is quite casually being asked, "How are you doing?"
It will likely make more sense as you continue to study the language and get a feel for it. In the meantime, I hope the above is at least somewhat helpful.
What do I have to do, when my answers are covered with my mobile keyboard?
I did it write, its just I didn't put the comma and question mark like this: Bonsoir comment ça va
Generally, Bonsoir- Good evening (greetings)
Bonne nuit- Good night
Bonne soirée- Have a good evening
Bonne journée- Have a good day
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Most phone keyboards have long press menus. Generally you can hold down (long press) on any given letter and a menu containing several symbol options will appear, including accented letters available for selection.
(i.e. in addition to other options, long press on "c" should show "ç"; "e" might show any or all of: ê, ë, €,÷, e, é, è; etc.) Of course every brand of phone may vary.
Many keyboards will also allow you add and toggle between languages. (for example you might see a key that displays "EN" for English. A long press menu on that particular key may offer an additional "settings" menu represented by a gear symbol, which will allow you to add other languages, presumably French will be an option, which will then likely be represented by "FR" as you toggle between those keyboards.
Can´t I write: ça va comment? I think we can write: vas-tu comment or am I wrong?
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Bonsoir, ca va ? This should be ok, too !
(of course, with the squiggle under the c)
it has also happened with me ,you can use the flag goven at the right side
It in answer hint, Good mean Bonne, Evening means Soiree. so my answer Bonne Soiree shd be correct
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Remember that "bonne" is feminine and would go with "Bonne soirée" (two words) meaning: "Have a good evening."
"Bon" and "soir" are both masculine and go together as "Bonsoir" (one word) meaning: "Good evening."
Because "nuit" is feminine as well, "bonne" can be paired as "bonne nuit" to say: "Good night."
I asked the same question about 2 years ago in this thread. It was taught .... 55 years ago as comment allez-vous. What follows was my question: Ca va is the familiar tense correct? To a stranger I thought it was proper to use Comment allez-vous? the non familiar. Also I thought in asking a question, one inverted the pronoun and verb as I used above. Can anyone comment on these permutations of the language?
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I commented this to another comment above. Is this what you're looking for?... When one uses inversion in French, it is always "more formal" (even when using the informal/familiar form, "tu" vs. formal/polite form, "vous.")... On a casual/formal scale of 0-5 (0 - the least/not at all; 5 - the most/completely):
"ça va?" - asking "how is it going?" Casual - 5 / Formal - 0;
"Comment ça va?" "how are you doing" Casual - 4 / Formal - 1; more colloquial, used when speaking.
"Comment tu vas?" Casual - 3 / Formal - 2;
"Comment vas-tu?" Casual - 2 / Formal - 3; "How are you?" (Literally, "how are you going?") both in conversation and in writing. use if you want to be more romantic with a boy/girlfriend (than not).
"Comment vous allez...?" Casual - 1 / Formal - 4; but, without more, would still sound like an unfinished question; "Comment vous allez faire ça?" - "How are you going to do that?" is very slang, street talk, but nevertheless is used.
"Comment allez-vous?" Casual - 0 / Formal - 5; Respectively, one of the most formal and polite ways to ask "How are you doing?"
I am putting the same answer as DL and it keeps correcting me ,this has been going on for too long
When I answered "comment ça va?" to "how are you doing?" Duo said it was wrong.
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Comment ca va, ca va, comment allez-vous, comment vas-tu .... surely these are all correct depending upon the formality of the situation ?
Acc. To Duolingo bonne soirée mean good evening but when i answered , it was wrong ? What's the difference between bonne soirée and Bonsoir ??
So "bonsoir" and "bonne soirée" are not equivalent? Bonsoir is a greeting, while bonne soirée is a parting phrase?
"Comment vas-tu ?" est correct. Comment ça va est plutôt familier. Personnellement, je n'utilise jamais cette phrase que je ne trouve pas du tout élégante.
Hello everyone how is we get to know when bonsoir will come or bonne soiree will come??
could you not also say "ça va bien?" which would also mean are you well OR how are you doing as long as you ask it in a question form?