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Get ready to find out all the things you want to know about the basic sentence “Bonne année”.
Are included a full guide of what it is and how you can use it in a dialogue with an audio example. And because we care about you, we also added some useful things like slow pronunciation audio, dialogue example and more!
Oh and… you will find more sentences pages like this one on this page plus all our tutorials about French words on this page. Wishing you a happy learning!
The literal meaning is:
“Bonne année” is the simplest and most common way to say “Happy New Year” in French. It’s interesting to note that in French, there is no mention of “New” contrary to English because it’s implied in the context.
Simply use “Bonne année” the same way you would use “Happy New Year“. But if you want something nicer, you can say instead “Bonne année et bonne santé” (Happy New Year and good health to you). Or you can use “Meilleurs voeux” (Best wishes).
You can also add “Très” to strengthen it: “Très bonne année” (Very Happy New Year) or even replace “bonne” with “excellente” like following “Excellente année” (Excellent New Year).
Since there are countless possibilities and variations, you can check the “Synonyms” section below for more inspiration.
You should absolutely wait for the New Year to be there before using it, or French people are going to be pissed! (True story)
