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"Good evening, how are you doing?"
Translation:Bonsoir, comment ça va ?
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So many people not reading the comments before posting their own questions... please be sure that you do.
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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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Use "Bonsoir" as a greeting or friendly salutation. Use "Bonne soirée" as a departing wish.
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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)
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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.
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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.
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?