Word for Today - June 23, 2009

comment ca va (or just "ca va" for short) - koh-MAH say VAH - "How's it going?"

Example: "'Comment ca va' is a Frenchman's way of greeting someone informally, much as the German would say, 'Wie geht's' (vee-gates),' or the Spaniard, 'Que tal?' (kay-tahl)."