Greetings & Response
Ça va? |
How's it going? |
Ça va |
OK |
Ça ne va pas |
Not going well |
Ça va de soi |
It goes without saying |
Ça va mal finir |
It's going to end badly |
Ça te va bien! |
That suits you! |
Ça ne va pas, non? |
What's wrong with you? |
Conversational Filler / Common interjection
Ça y est! |
There we go! There it is! Finally! It's done! similar to voilà |
C'est ça? |
Is that it? Is that right? |
C'est ça |
That's it, that's right. |
Bon |
Good |
Ah Bon? |
Oh really? |
Alors |
So, then or while |
Et alors |
So?, So what? |
Bien |
Well... |
Eh bien |
So or well... |
Ben oui |
Well, yeah |
Ben non |
Well, no |
Mais oui! |
Absolutely! |
Mais non! |
Absolutely not |
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Useful transition
Ça m’est égal |
Doesn’t matter to me / I don't care |
Ce n’est pas grave /C’est pas grave |
No big deal |
Ça marche? |
Does that work? |
Ça marche |
That works |
Pas de problème |
No problem / no worries |
Ça ne fait rien / ça fait rien |
Nevermind |
C’est-à-dire? |
What do you mean |
C’est-à-dire |
In other words |
Franchement |
Honestly |
Quand même |
Really, all the same, still |
Enfin |
Well, finally, afterall |
Ça te dit? / Ça vous dit? |
How does that sound?) |
À cause de |
because of (negative cause) |
grâce à |
thanks to (more positive cause) |
en raison de |
because of (neutral) |
D‘ailleurs |
Incidentally / by the way |
En tout cas |
in any case, anyhow or anyway |
Tout à fait |
exactly |
Tout à façon |
anyway |
Et puis |
And what’s more / and then |
En fait |
actually |
Au fait |
by the way |
Je n’en sais rien / J'en sais rien |
I don’t know anything about it / I have no idea |
Ensuite |
then |
Finalement |
After all, in the end |
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Checking if Someone or Something is Basically Cool
Ça va? |
How’s it going? |
Ça marche? |
Does that work? |
Ça te dit? / Ça vous dit? |
How does that sound? |
Being a Good Listener and Reassuring Presence
Ce n’est pas grave /C’est pas grave |
No big deal / It doesn't matter |
Pas de problème |
No problem |
Ça ne fait rien |
Never mind |
Ah bon? |
Oh really? |
C’est-à-dire? |
What do you mean? |
C’est-à-dire |
In other words |
Ne t'en fais pas |
Don't worry! |
Il n'y a pas de problème |
Don't worry about it |
T'inquiète pas! C'est pas grave. |
Don't worry about it! It doesn't matter. |
Getting from One Thought to the Next
Bon |
Good |
Alors |
So, then, while |
Bien |
Well... |
à cause de/grâce à/en raison de |
Because of / thanks to / because of |
d’ailleurs |
Incidentally |
en tout cas |
Anyhow, anyway, in any case |
et puis |
And what’s more / and then |
Words and Phrases You Can Drop Just About Anywhere
enfin |
Well, finally, afterall |
bon |
good |
franchement |
Honestly/as long as you really mean it, of course! |
alors |
so, then, while |
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I would like to query the entry: Tout à façon = anyway. Shouldn't it be: De toute façon?
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