

Merci d’avoir + past participle – “thank for having done something” Please turn off the lights before leaving the room. Merci d’éteindre les lumières avant de quitter la chambre.This is a very formal usage often seen on signs. Merci de can be followed by an infinitive (“to” form of the verb) to express “Please do something”.

Merci de + infinitive – “Please do something” Merci pour can be followed by a noun to mean “thank you for” or “thanks for”. I’d like to say a big thank you to all my friends who helped me during this difficult time. Je voudrais dire un grand merci à tous mes amis qui m’on aider pendant ce temps difficile.The word merci can also be a noun, as in “un merci”. This video by Julien Miquel explains how to pronounce merci. Forvo offers audio samples of merci beaucoup on this page. The pronunciation of merci beaucoup (thank you very much) is “mehr-see boh-kou”. The French use merci beaucoup in both formal in informal situations. The two meanings of merci beaucoup are “thank you very much” and “thanks a lot”. This page on Forvo provides several good pronunciation examples from native speakers. The pronunciation of merci is “mehr see”. Merci bien! Thanks! (slightly informal).

