bonjour, bienvenue à Paris
The English phrase "hello welcome to paris" is translated into French as bonjour, bienvenue à Paris.
This phrase is a greeting used to welcome someone who has just arrived in the city of Paris. You can use bonjour as the most common and widely used way to say hello in French. If you are welcoming someone in the evening, you can use bonsoir to mean good evening. You might also see the components used individually, such as bienvenue à Paris for "Welcome to Paris" or Bonjour Madame Dupont et bienvenue à Paris for "Hello, Mrs. Dupont, and welcome to Paris"/Bonjour Madame Dupont for "Hello, Mrs. Dupont".
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of bonjour (hello/good day), bienvenue (welcome) and à Paris (to Paris).
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
For a more casual and informal greeting, you can replace bonjour with salut, resulting in salut, bienvenue à Paris (hi, welcome to Paris). The word salut is the equivalent of the English "hi" or "hey".
How does it change in a sentence?
In this context, bienvenue is used as an interjection and remains in the feminine singular form regardless of who is being welcomed. The preposition à is used before the names of cities in French.
Did you know?
- In some parts of Canada, the word bienvenue is used to mean 'you are welcome' in response to a thank you, which is a loan from English.
Examples in context
- Bonjour, bienvenue à Paris !Hello, welcome to Paris!
- Bonjour, bienvenue à Paris pour votre séjour.Hello, welcome to Paris for your stay.
- Bonjour, bienvenue à Paris, mes amis.Hello, welcome to Paris, my friends.
Example conversation
Lucas meets Emma at the train station.
- LucasBonjour, bienvenue à Paris, Emma !Hello, welcome to Paris, Emma!
- EmmaMerci beaucoup, Lucas.Thank you very much, Lucas.
- LucasTu as fait un bon voyage ?Did you have a good trip?
- EmmaOui, c'était très agréable.Yes, it was very pleasant.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries Paris, bienvenue, bonjour, à, CC BY-SA 4.0.
