Louisiana French/Hello and Goodbye

Greetings

Cajun French	English
Bonjour!	Hello! Good morning/afternoon! Hi!
Bonsoir!	Hello! Good evening! Hi!
Comment ça va?	How's it going?
Comment les affaires?	How are things?
Comment c'est?	How is it?
Qui ça dit?	What's up?
Comment ça se plume?	Literally: How's it plucking?
Comment ça se roule?	Literally: How's it rolling?

Common responses

Cajun French	English
Doing Well
Ça va très bien!	It's going very well!
C'est magnifique!	It's magnificent!
Joliment bien!	Very well!
Beaucoup bien!	Very well!
Doing OK
Comme ci, comme ça	So-so (OK)
Ça peut faire	It'll do
Ça va	It's going
Pas mal	Not bad
C’est pas trop mauvais	Not too bad
Doing Bad
Ça va mal	It's going bad
Ça va pas bien	It's not going well
Beaucoup mal	Very bad
Ça va pas du tout	It's not going at all

Example conversation

• Pierre: Bonjour Dennis! (Hello Dennis!)
• Dennis: Bonjour Pierre! Comment ça va? (Hello Pierre! How's it going?)
• Pierre: Ça peut faire. Et toi? (It'll do. How about you?)
• Dennis: Ça va bien, merci. (It's going well, thank you.)

Farewells

French	English
Au revoir!	Goodbye! (polite)
Bye-bye!	Bye-bye!
À plus tard!	See you later!
À demain!	See you tomorrow!
On va se revoir plus tard.	We'll see each other later.
On va se reparler plus tard.	We'll talk later.
Il faut je m'en vas.	I have to go.
Il faut je fais route.	I've got to hit the road.
Soigne-toi!	Take care! (said to one person)
Soignez-vous-autres!	Y'all take care!

"Au revoir" may be pronounced as if spelled "au re'oir" (without the v sound) or as "à re'oir". "On va se revoir" follows this same pattern; it is said "On va se re'oir"

Example conversation

• Pierre: Alright Dennis... ben, faut je m'en vas. (Alright Dennis... well, I have to go.)
• Dennis: OK Pierre, on va se revoir plus tard. (OK Pierre, we'll see each other later.)
• Pierre: Ouais, soigne-toi. (Yes, take care.)

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