Plus, le mot du jour:
Bonjour, M'sieur/Madame/Mad'moiselle
Au revoir " " "
One reason Americans sometimes think French people are rude is because, well, we are rude by not offering the normal gestures of courtesy that they take for granted. When we walk into a shop in the U.S., we don't typically greet the shopkeeper (unless it's a little boutique sort of place). In France, you always offer a greeting--even if you're calling it out to someone you barely see in the back of the shop. Same thing on leaving. The only exception is in truly impersonal supermarkets or department stores.
Au revoir, les amis--à la prochaine fois!
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