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| ça a été |
| 1. Phrase. was everything OK?, did it go well? |
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| Ça a été, ta journée? - Did you have a good day? |
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| Analysis |
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| ça |
| 1. pron. (informal) that |
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| J'aimerais ça. - I'd like that. |
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| 2. pron. (informal) this |
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| Je veux ça. - I want this. |
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| 3. pron. it |
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| a |
| 1. n. a, the name of the Latin-script letter A |
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| 2. pron. (Quebec, colloquial) alt form-lite, elle, , she |
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| C'te fille-là, a'a l'air cute. - This girl, she looks cute. |
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| 3. v. third-person singular present indicative of avoir |
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| Elle a un chat. - She has a cat. |
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| avoir |
| 1. n-m. asset, possession |
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| 2. v. to have (to own; to possess) |
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| J'aimerais avoir 20 dollars. - I would like to have 20 dollars. |
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| 3. v. (auxiliary) to have (auxiliary verb to form compound past tenses of most verbs) |
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| J'ai parlé. - I have spoken, I spoke. |
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| été |
| 1. n-m. summer |
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| 2. Participle. past participle of être |
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| 3. Participle. Louisiana French past participle of aller |
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| être |
| 1. v. to be |
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| Vous devez être plus clairs. - You must be clearer. |
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| 2. v. (auxiliary) Used to form the perfect and pluperfect tense of (including all reflexive verbs) |
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| Après être allé au yoga, je suis rentré chez moi. - After having gone to yoga, I came back home. |
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| 3. v. (semi-auxiliary) to be (Used to form the passive voice) |
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