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How to answer comment ca va in French? ›

Some useful opinion phrases in French include 'Je pense...' or 'Selon moi'. You can express agreement by saying 'Je suis d'accord' or disagreement by saying 'Je pense que tu as tort'.

In conversations with friends and family, using ça va is perfectly acceptable and extremely common. This classic expression is another way of asking someone how they are, but it can also be an answer to the question.

Comment ça va, toi ? - 'Soir. How are you doing, man?

: what is it? : what's that?

It may be helpful to remind yourself that est-ce que literally means "is it that?" ⇒ "Is it that you speak French?" ​est-ce que can also be used in association with a question word like quand (when), qui (who), où (where) and que (what).

There are three main ways to ask a question in French: changing the intonation of the sentence, inverting the subject and verb, or forming a negative question. This lesson covers each of these categories, and the formal and informal contexts in which you might choose to employ them.

Questions often start with Do you . . . in English, and short answers often use that very same helper verb: I do or I don't. French doesn't use an auxiliary to ask a question, so there's no such thing as I do either. For a short answer in French, your only options are oui (yes) and non (no).

How do you say I agree with what you said in French? ›

I agree with what you say. Je suis d'accord avec ce que tu dis.

Pourquoi is the French word for why, used to ask about cause or reason. Outside of a question, it also means “why,” as in, “tell me why you came here” – dis-moi pourquoi tu es venu ici.

Comment allez vous means “how are you” but it is the formal version. So when you are speaking with formality, you use this one. Comment ça va is the equivalent of comment allez vous however this is used when speaking amongst you peers or friends. Ça va means “it's okay”.

To answer the question Comment tu t'appelles? You say Je m'appelle (plus your name).

comment ça va ? how are you? ⧫ how are things? « ça va ? » - - « oui ça va ! » “how are things?” - - “fine!”