ça

Meaning

Pron

1. (informal, neuter) that (distal demonstrative pronoun)
2. (informal, neuter) this (proximal demonstrative pronoun)
3. (Louisiana, dialectal, impersonal, neuter) it (dummy pronoun)
4. (neuter) 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
5. (Louisiana, neuter) he, she, it (third-person singular subject pronoun)
6. (Louisiana, neuter) him, her, it (third-person singular object pronoun)
7. (Louisiana, neuter) they (third-person plural subject pronoun)
8. (Louisiana, neuter) them (third-person plural object pronoun)
9. (Louisiana, interrogative, neuter) what
10. (Louisiana, alt-of, alternative, neuter, relative) alternative form of ça que (“that which, what”)

Noun

id

Concepts

that

it

🇮🇹

id

🆔

this

that over there

those

very

Christmassy

is in the air

is on its way

is approaching

AC

’Tis the season

Christmas

everything

is

Synonyms

cela

ce

le

il

👨

la

Noël

approche

sent

ceci

elle

👩

Translations

dat

es

das

eso

id

ello

🇮🇹

illud

isso

esso

🇮🇹

això

αυτό

quello

hoc

Es

Pronounced as (IPA)

/sa/

Etymology

Syncopic contraction of cela (“that”), from ce + -là. Compare French ceci (“this”).

Sentences

A quoi ça sert de les écouter ?

What's the point of listening to them?

Ça me plait vachement .

I really like it.

Vous pouvez me traduire ça ?

Can you translate this for me?

Oui , c’est des idées du bon Dieu , ça .

Yes, these are ideas of the good Lord.

C'est combien ça ?

How much is this?

Il va comprendre que je fais ça pour l’aider.

He will understand that I am doing this to help him.