Learn French: Ça y est ! Nous allons à la fête. - That's it! We are going to the party.

Ça y est ! Nous allons à la fête.

That's it! We are going to the party.

Breakdown of Ça y est ! Nous allons à la fête.

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Questions & Answers about Ça y est ! Nous allons à la fête.

Why does "Ça y est" mean "That's it" when the words literally mean "That there is"?

Ça y est is a very common fixed expression in French. You use it to say "That's it!", "It's done!", or "We're ready!"—usually when you have just finished getting ready or completing a task.

Is "nous allons" the only way to say "we are going"?

In standard French, nous allons translates to both "we go" and "we are going" because French does not have a separate "-ing" tense. However, in casual everyday spoken French, people very often say on va instead of nous allons to mean the exact same thing.

Why is it "à la fête" and not just "à fête"?

In French, you almost always need an article (like la, le, or un) before a noun. À means "to", and la means "the", so à la fête simply means "to the party".

Would "à la" ever combine into a single word here, like "au"?

No, à la always stays as two words because the noun fête is feminine. You only combine the word à with the article when the noun is masculine (à plus le becomes au) or plural (à plus les becomes aux).