{"id":4384,"date":"2021-06-08T15:55:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T15:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/?p=4384"},"modified":"2021-06-23T10:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-23T10:36:14","slug":"goodbye-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/goodbye-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye in French: Bidding a Fond Farewell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" class=\"wp-image-4385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/word-image.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/word-image.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/word-image-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye&#8230; none of that is going to help you in France! Whether you\u2019re getting ready for a summer vacation, are brushing up on your skills or have just started learning the language, sooner or later you\u2019ll have to say goodbye in French.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.30j0zll\"><\/a>Formal Goodbye in French<\/h2>\n<p><strong><em>Au revoir<\/em><\/strong> is without a doubt the most well-known way to say goodbye in French, but you\u2019ll be surprised to hear that it\u2019s not the most common.<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly do these two words mean?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>au<\/strong> &#8211; <em>to<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>revoir<\/strong> &#8211; <em>see again<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Au revoir<\/em> could therefore be translated as \u201csee you again\u201d, which is far less definite than <em>goodbye<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This can be used in any formal situation, both in person and on the phone. It\u2019s polite and is commonly used when talking to strangers. It does, however, sound unusually formal to say to friends and family that you see regularly, which is why it\u2019s far less common to hear in everyday life than you might expect.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cMerci pour les renseignements, au revoir\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; <em>\u201cThank you for the information, goodbye\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cPassez une tr\u00e8s bonne journ\u00e9e, au revoir\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; <em>\u201cHave a great day, goodbye\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.1fob9te\"><\/a>Farewell in French<\/h2>\n<p>The second way to say goodbye in French is one you may have heard of, but it is only used in very particular situations: <strong>adieu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>When broken down into two words, <em>a dieu<\/em> means \u201cto God\u201d. This comes from an old french saying \u201ca Dieu vos comant\u201d which means \u201cI recommend you to God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In layman\u2019s terms it is translated as \u201cso long\u201d, or \u201cuntil we meet again\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This word is used to say goodbye to someone definitively or for a long period of time. The reason it isn\u2019t used very often is because it is primarily said as a final farewell, and can sound strange, at best, and mournful, at worst. That said, it can be used colloquially when referring to objects, rather than people.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Adieu ma ch\u00e9rie, je t\u2019aimerai pour toujours<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Goodbye my darling, I\u2019ll love you forever<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Les vacances sont finies, adieu les journ\u00e9es \u00e0 la plage<\/strong> &#8211; <em>The vacation is over, goodbye days at the beach<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>C\u2019est bient\u00f4t la rentr\u00e9e, adieu les grasses matin\u00e9es, adieu le temps libre, adieu la libert\u00e9 <\/strong><em>&#8211; School restarts soon, goodbye lie-ins, so long free time, farewell freedom<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.3znysh7\"><\/a>See You Soon in French<\/h2>\n<p>There are two ways to say \u201csee you soon\u201d in French. The first is \u201c<strong>\u00e0 bient\u00f4t<\/strong>\u201d. This requires no explanation, as it literally means \u201csee you soon\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The second is \u201c<strong>\u00e0 la prochaine<\/strong>\u201d which is a shortened version of \u201c\u00e0 la prochaine fois\u201d meaning \u201cto the next time\u201d or as we would say: \u201csee you next time.\u201d<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Je m\u2019en vais, \u00e0 bient\u00f4t mon amour<\/strong> &#8211; <em>I\u2019m leaving, see you soon my love<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nous avons pass\u00e9 un apr\u00e8s-midi formidable. \u00c0 la prochaine !<\/strong> &#8211; <em>We\u2019ve had a wonderful afternoon. See you next time!<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You might not want to say <em>see you soon<\/em> if you\u2019re only going out for a few minutes, or if you\u2019re meeting someone in a short amount of time, so is there an alternative saying for these kinds of situations?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is \u201c\u00e0 tout de suite\u201d which means \u201csee you very soon\u201d, or \u201csee you in a minute\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Je suis en bas de la rue, \u00e0 tout de suite <\/strong><em>&#8211; I\u2019m at the end of the street, see you very soon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>J\u2019arrive, \u00e0 tout de suite <\/strong><em>&#8211; I\u2019m on my way, see you in a minute<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Je vais acheter \u00e0 boire puis je reviens. \u00c0 tout de suite <\/strong><em>&#8211; I\u2019m going to buy something to drink then I\u2019m coming back. See you in a minute<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.2et92p0\"><\/a>See You Later in French<\/h2>\n<p>If you don\u2019t want to say a formal goodbye in French, then you can say \u201csee you later\u201d. There are two different ways to say this, depending on the context.<\/p>\n<p>Are you going to see the person that you\u2019re talking to later in the day? In this case, you can say \u201c<strong>\u00e0 tout \u00e0 l&#8217;heure<\/strong>\u201d. When it comes to pronunciation, the liaison between the \u2018tout\u2019 and \u2018\u00e0\u2019 means that we must say the \u2018t\u2019, unlike most consonants at the end of French words.<\/p>\n<p>To be even more colloquial, this can be shortened to \u201c<strong>\u00e0 toute<\/strong>\u201d, just like the English \u201csee ya\u201d or \u201claters\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronunciation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u00c0 tout \u00e0 l&#8217;heure<\/em>: a-too-ta-lur<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00c0 toute<\/em>: a-toot<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201c\u00c0 toute \u00e0 l\u2019heure, ne rentre pas trop tard, tu as l\u2019\u00e9cole demain\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; <em>\u201cSee you later, don\u2019t come home too late, you have school tomorrow\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cOn se voit ce soir pour l&#8217;anniversaire de Clara. \u00c0 toute\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; <em>We\u2019ll see each other later for Clara\u2019s birthday. See ya.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Je vais chez le coiffeur, \u00e0 tout \u00e0 l&#8217;heure <\/strong><em>&#8211; I\u2019m going to the hair salon, see you later<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The second way is \u201c\u00e0<strong> plus tard<\/strong>\u201d, which is used when you won\u2019t see somebody again that same day, but later in the week, the month or even later than that. This phrase can be shortened too, this time to \u201c\u00e0 plus\u201d. Unlike in the full sentence, where the \u2018s\u2019 is silent, in the abbreviated form the \u2018s\u2019 is pronounced.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pronunciation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>\u00c0 plus tard<\/em>: a-ploo-tar<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00c0 plus<\/em>: a-plooss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u201cJe dois prendre le bus, \u00e0 plus tard\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; \u201c<em>I\u2019ve got to take the bus, see you later\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u201cOn s\u2019en va, je t&#8217;appellerai ce week-end. \u00c0 plus\u201d<\/strong> &#8211; \u201c<em>We\u2019re leaving, I\u2019ll call you this weekend. See ya\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.tyjcwt\"><\/a>Informal Goodbye in French<\/h2>\n<p>You may be surprised to hear this, but the French commonly use a popular Italian word as an informal way to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCiao\u201d is used to say both hello and goodbye in Italian, but in French it is only used to mean \u201cbye\u201d. This word, borrowed from their southern neighbors, is used by people of all different ages.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, it\u2019s mainly young people that borrow words from further afield. Another very common way to say <em>bye bye<\/em> in French, in particular among young people, is one that you\u2019d never guess. With the increasing popularity and ease of access to British and American TV shows and movies, it\u2019s not surprising that some words have become part and parcel of French conversation. One example is the word \u201cbye\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ciao les amis !<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Bye guys (literally: bye friends)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bye tout le monde<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Bye everybody<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.3dy6vkm\"><\/a>Other Ways to Say Goodbye in French<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019m sure you already know how to say hello in French, (you check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/blog\/hello-in-french\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a> to refresh your memory) but did you know that there\u2019s only a teeny tiny difference between saying hello and wishing someone a nice day?<\/p>\n<p><em>Bonjour<\/em> becomes \u201cbonne journ\u00e9e\u201d to wish somebody a pleasant day, just like <em>bonsoir<\/em> becomes \u201cbonne soir\u00e9e\u201d to say \u201chave a good evening\u201d. We can also wish someone a nice afternoon, morning, and way more with the same sentence structure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bonne journ\u00e9e<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Have a good day<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonne matin\u00e9e<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Have a good morning<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bon apr\u00e8s-midi<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Have a good afternoon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonne soir\u00e9e<\/strong> &#8211; <em>Have a good evening<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bon week-end <\/strong><em>&#8211; Have a good weekend<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonne semaine <\/strong><em>&#8211; Have a good week<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bonnes vacances <\/strong><em>&#8211; Have a good vacation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bon voyage <\/strong><em>&#8211; Have a good journey<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These can all be used either alongside or instead of another way to say goodbye in French.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.1t3h5sf\"><\/a>Good Night in French<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s one word that doesn\u2019t fit the pattern above, and that\u2019s \u201c<strong>bonne nuit<\/strong>\u201d. Unlike the others, <em>bonne nuit<\/em> means <em>good night<\/em> in French rather than \u201chave a good night\u201d. You can only say this before you go to sleep, or when putting someone, like your children, to bed.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bonne nuit mes amours <\/strong><em>&#8211; Good night my loves<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Je vais au lit, bonne nuit <\/strong><em>&#8211; I\u2019m going to bed, good night<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you wanted to wish someone a nice night, instead, we would use \u201cbonne soir\u00e9e\u201d.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.4d34og8\"><\/a>See you&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>If you know exactly when you\u2019re going to see someone, you can say that instead of \u201csee you later\u201d or \u201csee you soon\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00e0 ce soir<\/strong> <em>&#8211; see you tonight<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00e0 cet apr\u00e8s-midi<\/strong> &#8211; <em>see you this afternoon<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00e0 demain<\/strong> &#8211; <em>see you tomorrow<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00e0 la semaine prochaine<\/strong> &#8211; <em>see you next week<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00e0 dans deux semaines<\/strong> &#8211; <em>see you in two weeks<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Je ne serai pas la quand tu reviens, \u00e0 demain <\/strong><em>&#8211; I won\u2019t be here when you get back, see you tomorrow<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Je pars \u00e0 paris demain donc \u00e0 la semaine prochaine <\/strong><em>&#8211; I\u2019m going to Paris tomorrow so see you next week<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"post-4384-_heading=h.2s8eyo1\"><\/a>Other French Parting Phrases<\/h2>\n<p>A few final ways to say goodbye are used in the same way as the English \u201ctake care\u201d. The French equivalent can vary depending on the context.<\/p>\n<p>We can literally tell someone to take care of themselves, usually a friend or someone you\u2019re close to, with the phrase \u201c<strong>prends soin de toi<\/strong>\u201d. The more formal and far less common version is \u201c<strong>prenez soin de vous<\/strong>\u201d, which is used when talking to more than one person too.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ne fais pas de b\u00eatises, prends soin de toi <\/strong><em>&#8211; Don\u2019t do anything stupid, take care of yourself<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In formal situations, in particular when writing letters, we can say \u201c<strong>bonne continuation<\/strong>\u201d which can mean \u201ctake care\u201d or \u201cbest wishes\u201d. It can also be used formally to wish someone all the best with future endeavours, which is a fancy way of saying \u201chave a nice life\u201d if you\u2019re never going to see them again.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nous regrettons de ne pas pouvoir vous embaucher \u00e0 ce moment. Bonne continuation <\/strong><em>&#8211; We regret that we cannot hire you at this time. We wish you all the best in your future endeavors.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tu vas me manquer, bonne continuation <\/strong>&#8211; I\u2019ll miss you, take care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally, you might want to simply say \u201ckisses\u201d! Obviously this isn\u2019t something that we would ever use in the English language, but we would of course use \u201cxxx\u201d for kisses or \u201cxoxo\u201d for kisses and hugs when writing messages, letters and cards. This is the same with the French \u201cbises\u201d or more familiar \u201cbisous\u201d. It\u2019s a sign of affection that comes from the kissing on the cheek as a way to say hello and goodbye. Nowadays, this isn\u2019t just used to sign off when writing, it\u2019s said out loud as well, but only to friends and loved ones&#8230; you don&#8217;t want to be verbally kissing strangers!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>J&#8217;esp\u00e8re que nous pourrons bient\u00f4t tous nous r\u00e9unir. Bises <\/strong><em>&#8211; I hope that we will all be able to get together soon xoxo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Bisous les enfants, \u00e0 ce soir <\/strong><em style=\"font-size: inherit;\">&#8211; Kisses children, see you tonight<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"background: #000; border-radius: 10px; color: #fff; margin-bottom: 1.6em; padding: 20px 30px 30px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: 2em; font-weight: bold;\">Learn French faster with Clozemaster ?<\/div>\n<p><strong>Clozemaster&nbsp;<\/strong>has been designed to help you learn the language in context by filling in the gaps in authentic sentences. With features such as Grammar Challenges, Cloze-Listening, and Cloze-Reading, the app will let you emphasize all the competencies necessary to become fluent in French.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clozemaster.com\/languages\/learn-french-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Take your French to the next level. 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