How do you say "how are you" in French in both singular and plural?

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eliterminator00

Comment Ã§a-va? - s
Comment allez-vous? - p

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Amanda K

"comment vas-tu?" (singular) or "comment allez-vous?" (plural).

note that "comment vas-tu?" is quite rare, we (i'm french!) rather say "Ã§a va?" (or "comment Ã§a va?" and sometimes "comment tu vas?")

castqk

you can just say ca va? or comment ca va?. (don't know if the last one is well written)

visualizewhirledpeas72

"Ca va?" is a casual greeting & loosely translates to "How's it going?"

A formal greeting -- which is used addressing more than one person OR a superior, elder, or someone you don't know well: "Comment allez-vous?"

Big R

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papillon

- Comment vas-tu ? (singular)

and

- comment allez-vous ? (plural)

spaceindian2

Comment est tu? (singular)
Comment est vous (plural)

However, I have been taught, that it is good etiquette, when addressing an adult it is more respectable to use the plural form, and is considered as singular in the referring to asking just one adult.

leoan_rasan

Comment Ã§a va ?

According to http://www.frenchonsite.com/b1_lesson1.html

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

"Ca va?" or "Ca va bien?" would be the familiar form to one person, but is probably ok to say to a group of people if you are not really expecting an answer, but using it more as a form of greeting. You can use Comment in front of that, but french people just say ca va with a question tone most of the time.

If you really want to know how a person or group of people are, you'd want to ask a more formal question along the lines of comment allez vous? Or ask qu'est-ce que se passe, or something like that.

â™¥Saffireâ™¥

Comment allez-vous (pl)
Comment vas-tu (sing)

Master_of_my_own_domain

Vous les vous couche avec moi ce soir?

Il est merde sur la tet.

Jojo

Comment Ã§a va? = Singular

Comment-allez vous? = Plural

Bonne chance !

snape4good

Comment Ca Va?

Comment Ãªtes-vous ?

sarge927

Comment ca va? (pronounced KO-MO-sah-vah) -- works for singular and plural

prozworld

ca va?

i think

Just_for_fun

Comment allez vous ?

babyboo_x

I totally agree with AmandaK (im not french but dutch) and wether singular or plural you mainly hear Ca va? They even use it as a way of greeting to which you reply Oui ca va. (trust me they are not really inquiring how you are.lol)

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