il y a de ça

French

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.l‿i.j‿a d(ə) sa/, /i.lja d(ə) sa/, (colloquial) /i.j‿a d(ə) sa/, /ja d(ə) sa/

Etymology 1

Literally, “there is of that”.

Phrase

il y a de ça

  1. (informal) that's partly right, that's part of it, that's kind of the idea, sort of, that's sort of it

Etymology 2

Phrase

il y a de ça

  1. (somewhat literary) … ago; … earlier
    il y avait de ça 2 ans, … ― two years earlier …
    il y a de ça 15 ans, … ― fifteen years ago …
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