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3 Saying hello and goodbye

Now you’re more familiar with expressions for greeting and taking your leave, have a go at Activity 3.

Activity 3

Look at the illustrations below. For each, choose the conversation that fits the picture.

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How did you get on? If you were not sure of any of these answers, the discussion below may help explain it for you.

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Figure 1: Two friends, male, so using informal greetings.

Figure 2: You can see it is evening and the man is leaving work; remember ‘Bonne soirée’ means ‘have a good evening’.

Figure 3: Here, ‘salut’ means ‘goodbye’.

Figure 4: Note how the young woman is using the formal ‘Monsieur’.

Figure 5: Remember ‘bonne journée’ means ‘have a good day.’ The little boy is obviously going off to school.

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