French Greetings

How to say hello in French

Bonjour et bienvenue — hello and welcome to “French to the core — a course in French essentials”

In this article, we’re going to learn all about French greetings. You might have just noticed, in fact, that when I started the lesson, I said, “Bonjour et bienvenue”

Well, that’s three French words straight away!

“Bonjour” means “hello”

“et” means “and”

“bienvenue” means “welcome”

Bonjour et bienvenue — hello and welcome

I should also really introduce myself, seeing as we’re going to be spending a lot of time together in these lessons. Bonjour et bienvenue, je m’appelle Kieran

“je m’appelle Kieran” — well, you might be able to work out what that means.

“je m’appelle Kieran” means “I’m called Kieran”

It literally means “I call myself Kieran”

So, how could you introduce yourself in French if you were called Pierre?

Hello, I’m called Pierre — Bonjour, je m’appelle Pierre