The phrase "ça va aller" is a phrase that is extremely over used here in my opinion. It means something like "that sucks but its fine." For example, you fall off your bike and are bleeding everywhere and you say "ça va aller!" or there is no more salad at the restaurant but you haven't had any veggies for a week and you need them... "ça va aller!" or the bush taxi has a flat and you have to find somewhere to stay, or you have malaria, or you are frustrated with learning local languages, or whatever... its like unpleasant things cannot be talked about here because that would make interactions uncomfortable (These are mostly hypothetical situations).
Originally I thought that it was a cool idea to just get over the bad and move on to what was great in life but I have noticed that sometimes "ça va aller" makes life more difficult because it is pretty much saying that your problem isn't a problem when you actually need to talk about it to someone - it's like suppressing your feelings and bottling them up which can be unhealthy if used all the time.
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Somewhere in there I hear a Psych major being exposed.
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