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Does ‘cela’ mean ‘it’ ‘that’ or ‘this’?
Does ‘cela’ mean ‘it’ ‘that’ or ‘this’?
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Yes but I'm sure they have to be translated by another pronoun depending on the context
I want this = je veux cela/ça
Beau, it means beautiful in English = Beautiful, ça veut dire beau en anglais
What do you mean by that ? = que veux-tu dire par cela ?
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