text: how do you say "i don't care" in french? my friends just joke around and say "je ne care pas".i know that's not right.i always forget the real way to say it,though. "ca m'est égal" means it's all the same to me, where "je m'en fou" basically means i don't give a damn.  you can use them both in different situations- there is no one way to say "i don't care."