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Jun 04, 2011 - 10:20 AM
Please help
Jun 08, 2011 - 12:09 AM
I'll give it a try:) I only know enough French to get myself in trouble!
Ça means 'it' or 'that'. I've not see it used as the subject pronouns 'I' or 'you'. Say you run into someone you know. You say: Ça va? How's it going? They answer: Ça va bien. It's going well.
To say, I am well, you would say Je suis bien.
Ça is also used as a demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that'.
Here's a link with a brief explanation. http://about-france.com/french/pronou...
Ça means 'it' or 'that'. I've not see it used as the subject pronouns 'I' or 'you'. Say you run into someone you know. You say: Ça va? How's it going? They answer: Ça va bien. It's going well.
To say, I am well, you would say Je suis bien.
Ça is also used as a demonstrative pronoun meaning 'that'.
Here's a link with a brief explanation. http://about-france.com/french/pronou...
Jun 08, 2011 - 12:42 PM
Well the reason I am confuses is Sonia in fluenz french uses it like that, but in the first day in Paris (on their website) it is used as this/that. I am still I little confused on the literal meaning.
Jun 08, 2011 - 10:16 PM
Building on Cheryl's post: It means "it" or "that". It does not mean "I" or "you". There is some confusion in the first session based on the French -> English translation.
Literally, "ca va" means "it goes" (remember, "va" is the 3rd person present form of "aller", or "to go").
The best comparison is when someone asks you in English "How's it going?", just as Cheryl said.
In pretty much every language, the literal translation to English can be a bit awkward (take the Est-ce que form of a question, for example).
Literally, "ca va" means "it goes" (remember, "va" is the 3rd person present form of "aller", or "to go").
The best comparison is when someone asks you in English "How's it going?", just as Cheryl said.
In pretty much every language, the literal translation to English can be a bit awkward (take the Est-ce que form of a question, for example).