The French phrase “ça me fait du bien” is used quite frequently in conversation. It translates as “it makes me feel good,” “it feels good,” “it does me good,” “it’s good for me,” “it makes me feel better,” “it feels so good,” “that does me good,” “this is good for me” and “I feel good,” among others.

The more correct version is “cela me fait du bien,” where “ça” is replaced by the more grammatically correct “cela,” which only tends to get used in writing or in formal speech. But you will probably hear it as “ça me fait du bien” most of the time.

Its literal translation is “it to me makes some well.” Which means that you’re better off with the translations in the first paragraph.

Examples

• Ça me fait du bien de voir que je ne suis pas le seul à éprouver certains sentiments. (It makes me feel better to see that I’m not the only one with certain feelings.)
• Tu sais comment ça me fait bien me sentir ? (Do you know how good that makes me feel?)
• Ça me fait du bien de sortir de mon étude de temps à autre.(It does me good to leave my study from time to time.)
• Je dois toujours faire les corvées et ça, ça me fait bien rager. (I always have to do the chores and that makes me really angry.)