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<p>In general, <strong>c’est </strong>or <strong>ce sont </strong>are followed by a noun</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ C’est une voiture française.</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">It’s a French car</span></em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ C’est un livre.</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">It’s a book.</span></em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ C’est Julien.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em> It’s Julien.</em></span></p> <p><strong>Il/Elle est</strong> or <strong>Ils/Elles sont</strong> are followed by an adjective</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Il est gentil. <em><span style="color:#808080;">H</span></em></span><em><span style="color:#808080;">e is nice.</span></em></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#808080;"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Elle est adorable.</span> </span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>She is adorable.</em></span></p> <p><strong>Note</strong> :</p> <ul> <li>The plural of <strong>c’est</strong> is <strong>ce sont </strong><span style="color:#808080;"><em>these are. </em></span></li> <li>The plural of <strong>il/elle est </strong>is <strong>ils/elles sont </strong><em><span style="color:#808080;">they are.</span></em></li> </ul> <hr /> <span id="C.E2.80.99est_is_used:"></span><h3><strong>C’est </strong>is used:</h3> <p><strong>– To identify or introduce a person or a thing. </strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Qu’est-ce que c’est ? </span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>What is it?</em></span><br /> <span style="color:#000080;">☞ C’est un arbre exotique.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>It is an exotic tree (identifying something).</em></span></p> <p><strong>– To announce oneself (for example on the telephone). </strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Allo, c’est Carole !</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">Hello, this is Carole!</span></em><br /> <span style="color:#000080;">☞ Est-ce que c’est Carole ?</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">Is it Carole?</span></em></p> <p><strong>– To make a general statement. </strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Les vacances, c’est bien !</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>Holidays, they’re great!</em></span><br /> <span style="color:#000080;">☞ Le travail, c’est difficile.</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">Work, it’s difficult.</span></em></p> <p><strong>Note</strong>: If you have a possessive adjective such as <strong><em>mon</em>, <em>ma</em>, <em>mes</em></strong>, then you would always use <strong><em>c’est</em></strong>:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ C’est mon chien.</span> <em>I</em><span style="color:#808080;"><em>t’s my dog; c’est ma voiture = it’s my car.</em></span></p> <span id="Il.2Felle_est_is_used:"></span><h3><strong>Il/elle est </strong>is used:</h3> <p><strong>– To describe something or someone in particular. </strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Carine ? Elle est grande, brune et intelligente. </span><em><span style="color:#808080;">Carine? She is tall, brunette and intelligent.</span></em><br /> <span style="color:#000080;">☞ Il est sympathique, le professeur. </span><span style="color:#808080;"><em>He is nice, the teacher</em></span>.</p> <p><strong>– When talking about someone’s profession, nationality, religion or family status. In this case, you don’t add an article (take out the <em>un</em>, <em>une</em>, <em>des</em>, <em>le</em>, <em>la</em>, <em>les</em>). </strong></p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Carla est informaticienne.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>Carla is a computer specialist.</em></span><br /> <span style="color:#000080;">☞ Elle est française.</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">She is French.</span></em><br /> <span style="color:#000080;">☞ Elle est célibataire.</span> <em><span style="color:#808080;">She is single.</span></em></p> <p><strong>BUT</strong> you will add an article if you add a descriptive adjective, and in this case you will say:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ C’est une informaticienne intelligente.</span> <span style="color:#808080;"><em>She is an intelligent computer specialist.</em></span></p> <p><strong>Note</strong> that we also use <strong>c’est</strong> for expressing the following:</p> <p style="padding-left: 40px"><span style="color:#000080;">☞ Oh, c’est bien !</span> <span class="mt-bgcolor-ffffff" style="color:#808080;"><em>Oh, that’s great!</em></span></p> <p>Practice</p> <p><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=63" title="C'est vs. Il est - PB(1)" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="411" src="https://pressbooks.pub/introductiontofrench1/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_embed&id=64" title="C'est vs. Il est - PB(2)" width="686"></iframe><script src="https://pressbooks.pub/app/plugins/h5p/h5p-php-library/js/h5p-resizer.js" charset="UTF-8"></script></p> <p><span class="mt-color-999999"><em><a style="color: #999999" href="https://www.learnfrenchathome.com/french-grammar-points-cest-vs-il-est" target="_blank" rel="external noopener nofollow" class="link-https">Source</a></em></span></p>
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