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In this situation, the French equivalent of 'goodbye' may be au revoir, or a la prochaine [fois]. The French equivalent of 'I love you' may be je vous aime, or je t'aime. The phrase 'a la prochaine [fois]' is used widely among close acquaintances and very close friends ['les copains']. In the word-by-word translation of 'a la prochaine [fois], the preposition 'a' means 'to'. The definite article 'la' means 'the'. The adjective 'prochaine' means 'next'. The noun 'fois', which tends to be dropped from the phrase, means 'time'. In the word-by-word translation of the common but less intimate 'au revoir', the preposition 'au' means 'to the'. The infinitive 'revoir', which means 'to see again', is used as a noun to mean 'the seeing again'. In the word-by-word translation of the more cautious, more respectful 'je vous aime', the personal pronoun 'je' means 'I'. The personal pronoun 'vous' means 'you'. The verb 'aime' means '[he/she/it] likes, loves'. In the decidedly more informal, more intimate je t'aime, the direct object 'te'* is the form that's used among close acquaintances and very close friends. *The letter 'e' is dropped before a word that begins with an unaspirated 'h' or vowel.

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