ça.
that (distal demonstrative pronoun)
Meaning & usage
that (distal demonstrative pronoun)
J'aimerais ça.
this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)
Je veux ça.
it (alternative form of ce as a subject of être in tenses other than the present and imperfect indicative)
Ça serait mieux que ça soit toi qui lui dises.
it, that, they, them (reduplicated pronoun referring to an indefinite or generic noun phrase)
Un peu de vin ça ferait pas de mal.
L'eau ça mouille, le feu ça brûle.
it (dummy pronoun)
Ça va.
Ça mouille dehors.
used to indicate actions happening generally without specifying an agent, like on but with a greater suggestion of mass, generalized, unattributable, or confused action; people
Partout ça criait, ça hurlait, ça se battait.
creates isolated emphatic forms of the interrogatives qui, où, quand, comment and pourquoi
Qui ça, où ça?
Comment ça?
he, she, it (third-person singular subject pronoun)
him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun)
they (third-person plural subject pronoun)
Comment ça se dit ça?
them (third-person plural object pronoun)
what
Ça ina?
alternative form of ça que (“that which, what”)
Un cocodrie mange ça (qu')y veut.
Where this word comes from
Syncopic contraction of cela (“that”), from ce + -là. Compare French ceci (“this”).
id
Where this word comes from
Calque of German Es (“id”), substantivized from the pronoun.
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