May 27 2004 To describe and introduce things or people in French
2. to practice using c'est vs il est in contex C'est is a neutral expression used to present someone or something. In that case.
French distinguishes itself from German: il vint deux chevaliers). order when c'est il is presented in the emphatic negative
question why worry about simple or complex inversion? As I have gative Formula est-ce que
c'est vs il/elle est. as common or proper count or mass
French 2. Grades 8 9
of construction with which in modern French
comparative adjectives i ndicating more or l ess . c'est vs il/elle est . ... Common nouns in English and French are the generic term for something.
C'est un garçon/une fille. Il a …/Elle a … les yeux bleus/gris etc. les cheveux longs/ houses such as Dior and Yves St Laurent
INTRO. We contrast c'est-clefts (1) which are prototypically associated with a specificational (focus-background