Greetings & ResponseÇa 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 interjectionÇa 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 |
| | Useful transitionÇa 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 |
| | Checking if Someone or Something is Basically CoolÇa 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 PresenceCe 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 NextBon | 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 Anywhereenfin | 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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