SF&S-Ep7. Ça

Speak French and Spanish with Aurore and John

A: Bonjour John

J: Buenas noches Aurora

A: ça y est ! Ma voiture est réparée. My car is fixed.

J: ça y est ? ¿Qué es eso? (What is that?)

A: That’s what we say when we have been working on something and we finally finish it. In English it translates to “that’s it!” Qu’est-ce qu’on dit en espagnol?

J: Se puede decir de varias formas (there are several ways), “Y ya” (and now), “Y listo” (and done), “eso es todo” (that is all),

A: Tu sais, we like that little word “ça”. We even add it when it’s not really needed.

When you want to ask “who?” we could say “qui?” but we like to say “qui ça?”

La même chose avec quand, où, comment

J:-The expression “qui ça?” sounds like one of the Spanish words for maybe: Quizas. ¿Qué exactamente significa? (What is the exact translation of the word?)

A: ça translates to “it”. It is the casual cela. Mais ça veut dire la même chose - cela veut dire la même chose.

J: ¡Esta palabra es multifacética! Es como la navaja suiza del francés. (This word is so multifaceted. It is like the Swiss army knife of French.) Cuéntanos más por favor. (Tell us more).

A: To ask how much is the bill, at the restaurant, for example, we can ask : ça fait combien? - how much is it?

J: En español podemos decir “A como?” o “Cuánto cuesta(n)?”

A: We use ça in our greeting: Comment ça va ? How is it going? Ça va bien - it’s going well

J: ¡Que chevere es interesante! (how cool and interesting!)

A: ça te dis? That’s how we say “are you interested?”but it translates to “is it speaking to you”. ça te va à merveille - it fits you like a glove - aller means to go dans le sens-in the meaning of to go well. Ça va = ça va bien

J: En español diríamos, “como anillo al dedo”. Like a ring to the finger. No, does the expression sound the same in the past or future?

A: bien sûr -of course- the verb that follows ça can be conjugated in any tense.

Ça ira - it will be fine

Ça a bien été - It went well

Ça aurait été bien - it would have been good

J: It reminds me of an expression I used to hear in all American movies that were dubbed in Spanish “Todo saldra bien” (Everything will be OK).

A: ça prend du temps - it takes time

Ça fait mal - it hurts

J: What about “cela”?

A: cela est plus doux - cela is softer

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