Okay I know how to say”Hello” but how do I leave ? 🙀

You said your best “Bonjour” and then had a wonderful French conversation but now you want to leave, what should you do ?

In this case, you’ll use “Au revoir” which corresponds to “Goodbye” and literally means “Until seeing (again)“

(insert Au revoir audio)

However, when you say it, you don’t necessarily expect to see the other person again, it’s mostly a polite and standard way to take your leave.

Other ways to say goodbye 

Using “À bientôt” is also very common, it means “see you soon” and sounds slightly less formal and warmer than “Au revoir“.

(insert “à bientot” audio)

You would use it if you expect to see the person again in a near future, but you don’t know exactly when.

For example, if you regularly buy bread at your favorite bakery, saying “À bientôt” makes perfect sense, it implies you’ll be coming back soon to buy more bread.

“Salut”, why are you there again ? 

Remember when we learned “Salut” as a casual way to say “hi” to friends?
Well, the convenient thing is that you can also use it to say “bye”!

So, if you’re with a friend and about to leave, you could say:
💬“J’y vais, salut !“, which means “I’m off, bye!”