Ça dépend de la franchise.

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Breakdown of Ça dépend de la franchise.

• la franchise: the insurance deductible
• ça dépend: it depends

Questions & Answers about Ça dépend de la franchise.

What does ça mean here?

Ça is an everyday, informal way to say cela.

In this sentence, ça means something like that or it, referring to the situation being discussed already.

So:

• Ça dépend... = That depends... / It depends...

In spoken French, ça is extremely common.

Why is there a cedilla in ça?

The mark under the c — ç — is called a cedilla.

It changes the sound of c before a, o, or u:

• ca would normally sound like ka
• ça sounds like sa

So the cedilla is there to make sure ça is pronounced correctly.

Why is it dépend de? I thought depend goes with on in English.

In French, the verb dépendre is built with de, not with a word that matches English on.

You have to learn it as a set phrase:

• dépendre de quelque chose = to depend on something
• dépendre de quelqu’un = to depend on someone

So even though English says depend on, French says dépendre de.

Why does the sentence say instead of just ?