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In more colloquial language, you can simply say "à toute". "To all.
I like to say "see you soon", because it lets you know that I enjoyed it so much that I might come back. I'm just going to buy some cakes at the supermarket, see you soon.
Hi everyone, welcome to this new French video, I hope you're all motivated.
Today, we're going to talk about the expression "goodbye". Or rather, we're going to put it to one side for a while and look together at other expressions to use instead.
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Au revoir is a fairly formal expression. Today we're going to look together at other expressions you can use to say "goodbye", which will vary depending on the time of day or when you're going to see the person again, but also on the relationship you have with the person.
We'll see some more colloquial expressions.
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Let's get back to our main topic: the synonyms for "au revoir" in French.
The first one we're going to look at is really my favorite. For me, it's the one I use all the time when I'm leaving a shop or when I want to say "goodbye" to friends.
It's a rather formal expression, but I like it a lot, I think it's nice. It's "good day". Good day to you. I find it a little nicer than goodbye because you're wishing the person happiness for the day. When I leave the bakery downstairs, I often don't say goodbye, but I leave saying good day.
In a less formal register. So you're going to use it with your friends, with your family, with your colleagues. You can say A+, A+.
Still in a fairly informal, colloquial register, you can say "hi". Salut. Salut, you can also use it to say hello. Hello. Or to say good-bye. Salut! I was saying that in a friendly context.
So if you plan to see the person again soon, you can say "see you soon". See you soon. Sometimes I like to use this expression when I go to a restaurant or a shop that I really liked, because I think it shows that you liked the restaurant or the bar so much that you'll certainly plan to come back. Sometimes I don't come back, but I like to say "see you soon" because it shows that I liked it so much that I might come back. But more generally, it's really used when you're going to see the person again soon. So, for example, if I saw a friend yesterday and I see her regularly, I'll say "see you soon".
You've got it, it replaces "au revoir". When I leave, instead of saying goodbye, I'll say see you soon. You can say both. A lot of people say, for example, nice day, goodbye, see you soon, goodbye. But you can also use them on their own.
As a synonym for "à bientôt" where you plan to see the person again fairly soon, you can say à la prochaine, see you next time. So it means you're still planning to see this person in not too long.
See you soon. See you later. See you later is used in a specific case. You can only use it if you plan to see the person again on the same day. So you can't say "see you later" just as you would say "good-bye" and not see the person again for two weeks.
See you later, you're going to see this person again on the same day. See you later is neutral language. You can use it with anyone. On the other hand, in more colloquial language, you can simply say "See you later". See you.
As we saw earlier, you know you're going to see the person again within the day. And if you know you're going to see them again even sooner, in just under an hour. You can say see you right away. See you right away. For example, I'm at the office and I'm just going to buy a packet of madeleines, for example, at the supermarket downstairs.
So I'm going to say to my colleague "I'm just going to buy some cakes at the supermarket right now" because I know I'll be back in 10 to 15 minutes.
See you next week. So if you see someone, for example, every week, let's say I'm doing a sports class every Monday at 5.30pm and so I know I'm going to see my teacher again next week Monday at 5.30pm, instead of saying goodbye, I can leave the class saying "see you next week". See you next week.
A synonym for "goodbye", but used with a temporal meaning, is "see you tomorrow". See you tomorrow. So it's a bit like "see you next week". Except that in this case, you're sure to see the person the next day. So very often, we say this to our work colleagues. See you tomorrow, have a good evening.
Once again, an expression that can only be used in a specific case. It's "à ce soir". See you tonight. So it means that it's morning, noon or early afternoon and you're not going to see the person again until evening. That is, after 6 or 7 pm. So, for example, if I'm at home in the morning and I want to say good-bye to my kids who are off to school, I'll say see you tonight.
And a last one, which isn't French by the way, but which is often used in colloquial language, especially by young people, is simply to leave by saying "ciao". Ciao!
And that's it for this video. I hope you'll stop using it all the time and just say goodbye. I hope you enjoyed this video. If you did, of course, put a "like" and I'll see you soon. Have a nice day.
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