FRENCH Ça va or Comment ça va??

[LED ZEPPELIN]

I might start posting a series of threads on French...
What's the difference here?
I'm supposing one is formal the other is informal?

'd accord???

 

[Ouroboros]

Comment ça va is usually used to say how's it going?
Ça va is for are you alright?

 

[ekichi onizuka]

Comment ça va is usually used to say how's it going?
Ça va is for are you alright?

what this guy says

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

So basically,

if I see a hot chick I say "comment ça va?"
if I see an old man having a stroke, coughing blood, I say "ça va?"

 

[Ouroboros]

So basically,

if I see a hot chick I say "comment ça va?"
if I see an old man having a stroke, coughing blood, I say "ça va?"

Yes, that's about right.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

Io non capisco.

 

[Magatsu Izanagi]

"Ca va" is less formal. Use it with friends, not with employers, etc.

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

Io non capisco.

questo es francese, non italiano, cazzo

 

[Zorø]

Bonjour je mapple Maleque Commont tu appelle?

 

[Ouroboros]

You can also use, comment allez-vous?
But that's more formal than the other two.

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

Bonjour je mapple Maleque Commont tu appelle?

Mon nom non est pas de votre entreprise

 

[Magatsu Izanagi]

You can also use, comment allez-vous?
But that's more formal than the other two.

This guy knows what he's talking about. "Vous" is used to signify respect, as opposed to "tu", which is informal in comparison.

 

[TheAncientCenturion]

questo es francese, non italiano, cazzo

Tu e parliamo Italiano?

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

Tu e parliamo Italiano?

poco, molto poco. e mi piace la tua firma ... e una canzone di led zeppelin, immigrant song, si?

 

[Ouroboros]

Bonjour je mapple Maleque Commont tu appelle?

If I was a teacher I would say you have 4 errors in that single phrase.
OT: Yes, learning french is very hard especially if you know english. It is easy to mix english and french to make a lot of errors.

 

[itachi uchiha fiance]

plz translate.........

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

If I was a teacher I would say you have 4 errors in that single phrase.
OT: Yes, learning french is very hard especially if you know english. It is easy to mix english and french to make a lot of errors.

heheyheyheyhey since this turned into a conversation rather than a simple question/answer thread, i'd like to know what's wrong. and if i pointed out the things that are wrong correctly.
so number 1: you type m'apelle, with this ' shit
number 2: apelle, not mapple or mapelle
number 3: he ought to use "tu apelles" (i think i'm wrong with this one :\)
number 4: he should have used the "et" before "tu apelles?"

 

[Magatsu Izanagi]

heheyheyheyhey since this turned into a conversation rather than a simple question/answer thread, i'd like to know what's wrong. and if i pointed out the things that are wrong correctly.
so number 1: you type m'apelle, with this ' shit
number 2: apelle, not mapple or mapelle
number 3: he ought to use "tu apelles" (i think i'm wrong with this one :\)
number 4: he should have used the "et" before "tu apelles?"

The phrase should have been:
"Bonjour, je m'appelle Maleque. Comment t'appelles-tu?"

 

[LED ZEPPELIN]

The phrase should have been:
"Bonjour, je m'appelle Maleque. Comment t'appelles-tu?"

This made me think of something. Can you say "Ça t'apelles-tu?" instead of "comment t'apelles tu?"

 

[Magatsu Izanagi]

This made me think of something. Can you say "Ça t'apelles-tu?" instead of "comment t'apelles tu?"

No. "Ça" basically means "it", so that wouldn't work.