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What is the difference between c’est and il est ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between c’est and il est ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
(when ‘il est’ means ‘it is’, not ‘he is’)
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c'est + nom
c'est un chat
c'est une table
c'est ta maison
c'est mon médecin
il est + adjectif ou métier
il est gentil
il est beau
il est agriculteur
il est médecin
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C'est est utilisé pour les objets
Il est c'est pour un garçon/un homme
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Could you give an example of il est as it's hehe
I can only think of the weather but that's because it's an "impersonal il"
Il fait froid--It's cold. But il doesn't refer to a he, it's the word we use to say that it's happening (as a statement)
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Ah, technically you could use c'est délicieux, but you use il est délicieux because you're talking of that one, to emphasize it's the one she/he gave you
I'll try to look for a rule if you want me to
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And to tell the time you'll use "Il" for the same reason as the weather. "il est midi. Il est 18h"
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@RosendoSM thank you very much for your help! what other things would you use the impersonal il for?
@RosendoSM thank you very much for your help! what other things would you use the impersonal il for?
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Weather : Il pleut. Il fait beau.
Time: Il est tard.
To say "there is" : Il y a/n'y a pas du/de fromage sur la table.
To say something exists: Il existe..
It seems: Il paraît que/il semble que
I found a pdf in internet where you have a longer list:
users.unimi.it/djeser/L'impersonnel.pdf
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