French word: Bien
French word: Bien
Pronunciation: Bee-en
English translation: Fine
When visiting any French country, exchanging pleasantries with the locals is probably something that you would often engage in – which is exactly the reason why you need to learn the basic greeting words and how they are pronounced.
Let’s say that someone comes up to you and say “Comment allez-vous?”. The English translation for that is “How are you?’.
Now, the French word for fine is bien – so these are the ways that you can respond to the question:
Je vais bien. – I’m fine.
Bien, merci. – Fine, thanks.
Bien, et vous. – Fine, and you?
Anne has studied and spoken French for over a decade and has lived in both France and Francophone Cameroon. She strives to write lessons that reflect her real experiences and represent the way people really speak.
