Translation of Oh! J'ai regardé ça aussi | French Q & A

Karen G.C1Kwiziq community member

Translation of Oh! J'ai regardé ça aussi hier.

Two of the three options for this were "Oh! I watched this one yesterday too" and "Oh! I watched it yesterday too." I selected the first option, because "ça" is a demonstrative pronoun, not a personal pronoun. But the microquiz said that "I watched IT" was the correct selection. I was happier when I went to an explanation, because there, the translation was "I watched THAT." Should "ça" ever be translated as "it"? I'm sure this is nitpicky, but I'm a linguist fluent in Spanish, and the details matter to me!

Thank you.

This question relates to:French lesson "Ça = that/this/it (French Demonstrative Pronouns)"

Asked 4 years ago

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Ça is a demonstrative pronoun and, therefore, best translated as "that".

Like14 years ago

Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I had this question too. I understand that for translating ça, "that" > "this", and "that" > "it". But here you have a choice between "it" and "this", both of which seem possible.

Like03 years ago

Karen G. asked:

Translation of Oh! J'ai regardé ça aussi hier.

Two of the three options for this were "Oh! I watched this one yesterday too" and "Oh! I watched it yesterday too." I selected the first option, because "ça" is a demonstrative pronoun, not a personal pronoun. But the microquiz said that "I watched IT" was the correct selection. I was happier when I went to an explanation, because there, the translation was "I watched THAT." Should "ça" ever be translated as "it"? I'm sure this is nitpicky, but I'm a linguist fluent in Spanish, and the details matter to me!

Thank you.

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