How do you respond to Mille Merci?
The usual response to merci is de rien (You're welcome – literally, It's nothing) or il n'y a pas de quoi. In a more formal context, you could say Je vous en prie or Je t'en prie.
De rien basically means 'You are welcome'. This expression is the most commonly used expression to respond to people saying 'thank you' in French. It is an informal response and should be used to respond to phrases such as merci, Merci mon ami, Merci mille fois, etc.
When someone thanks you, you have a couple of options for you're welcome in French. You can say de rien in all situations, and it's the most common response. Je t'en prie and je vous en prie add a bit more politeness, and are just as ubiquitous. Informally, an easy response is pas de problème.
Bien, merci !
The most common response to “How are you?” in French is the simple Bien, merci ! (Good, thanks!). You can also keep the conversation going by adding Bien, et vous ? (Well, and you?).
"You're welcome.", "My pleasure.", "No problem." or "No worries." The first two are more formal and the last two are more informal. I hope this helps.
French phrase
mer·ci beau·coup mer-sē-bō-kü : thank you very much.
Translation of "merci mille" in English
thank you a thousand. thanks a thousand.
You can combine merci with adverbs such as beaucoup, mille fois, infiniment to form expressions such as merci beaucoup (thank you very much), merci bien (thanks a lot), merci mille fois (thank you a thousand times) and the strongest, merci infiniment translating to “thanks infinitely”.
For the easiest replies we just repeat the statements in the affirmative: “Ça va”, “Oui, ça va” or “Ça va bien, merci”. It's even common to double the response with a “ça va, ça va”.
Je vous en prie is the formal way of saying “you're welcome” in French and literally means “I you beg”.
What does je t en prie mean?
Je t'en prie is a slightly formal way of saying “you're welcome” in French and literally means “I you beg”. To make it more formal, say je vous en prie instead.
The proper way to respond to "merci beaucoup" is "de rien" which means "you're welcome" in French. Even longer: "Quand vous voulez!", meaning: I will do it again whenever you will need it and you will ask me".
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you are welcome. you are welcome (addressed to a woman) you are welcome (to a woman)
interjectionFrench. thank you very much.
It's generally considered informal. A more-formal phrasing might be “Thank you for responding to me” or “Thank you for responding to my e-mail [or letter] of [date].” That said, “Thank you for getting back to me” is very appropriate for informal business or personal communications.
How you respond when someone says “thank you” for a gesture or service can be either heartwarming or off-putting. When you respond to a person who says “thank you” for holding the door, a remark as innocent as “no worries” or “no problem” implies you aren't bothered.
The phrase any time is also used as an informal response to a person expressing thanks, similar to you're welcome. For example, when someone thanks you for helping them, you might respond by saying Any time!
“Merci” can be used to express gratitude to someone you don't know as well as to someone close to you. “Non merci” in French (“No thanks”) is used when you want to politely decline something.
Normal gratitude: Merci → Thanks. Cimer → Thanks (Slang)
When meeting someone for the first time, you should use “watashi”. And when you have become somewhat close to them, you can use “boku”. Then when you have become very close to them, you can use “ore.”
Can I say merci a vous?
"Merci à vous" is the kind of answer that you give to a person who just thanked you, when you believe that this person deserves to be thanked as much as / more than yourself.
Borrowed from French mille (“thousand”), from Latin mīlle.
Grazie Mille — A thousand thanks
For added emphasis on your grazie, you can add “mille” to the end. Although you might think this means “thanks a million,” mille is actually one thousand in Italy. So, while it holds the same meaning as the English “thanks a million,” it technically means “a thousand thanks” in Italian.
Imagine someone offers you an amazing gift and your heart is full of gratitude. Then instead of a classic “Merci.” you can use “Mille mercis !” (A thousand thanks!) or any other variations you will find in the next section.
Mille fois → One thousand times.
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