Essential French Expression

Meaning It doesn’t matter, It’s all the same to me Literally That’s equal to me Register normal Pronunciation [sah meh tay gahl] IPA [sa mɛ te gal]

Usage notes: When you just don’t care, say ça m’est égal. This essential French expression indicates your inability or unwillingness to decide between two or more choices, whether stated or implied.

Par exemple…

– Est-ce que tu préfères le bleu ou le rouge ?

– Ça m’est égal. – Do you prefer the blue or the red?

– I don’t care.

– Il serait mieux de commencer demain.

– Ça m’est égal. – It would be better to start tomorrow.

– It doesn’t matter, It’s all the same to me (when we start).

Facebook, Twitter, Google+, ça m’est égal. Facebook, Twitter, Google+, it’s all the same to me.

Ça t’est égal ? It’s all the same to you? You don’t care? Ça lui est égal. It’s all the same to him/her. He/She doesn’t care. Ça nous est égal. It’s all the same to us. We don’t care. Ça vous est égal ? It’s all the same to you? You don’t care? Ça leur est égal. It’s all the same to them. They don’t care.

can be used for any grammatical person – you just need to change the indirect object pronoun

égale

. In this expression,is an adjective , and since its subjectis neuter,must stay in the default masculine form.

Synonyms

Peu importe – It doesn’t matter



informal (I don’t care)

It doesn’t matter (I don’t care) Je m’en fiche

Je m’en moque



familiar to vulgar (I don’t give a d*** / I don’t give a s*** / I don’t give a f***)

(I don’t give a d*** / I don’t give a s*** / I don’t give a f***) Je m’en fous

Je n’en ai rien à battre

Je m’en bats les couilles / l’œil / la race / les reins / les steaks

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