ça va
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Etymology
Literally, “it goes”; compare English how's it going?, German wie geht es?.
Pronunciation
Interjection
- (as a question) how are you? how's it going? how are things?
- (as a response) things are going fine
- - Ça va?
- Oui, ça va bien. ― How's it going? - It's going fine.
- - Ça va?
- (informal) OK, all right, sure, sure thing, sounds good, that's fine, that works for me
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Descendants
- → Dutch: çavakes, çavakkes
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