C'est or Il/Elle Est

Sydney B.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In a qwiz you were supposed to fill in the blank: "Qui est cet homme ? - ______ Marc Duprée." I left that one blank, and when I went into the corresponding lesson, it didn't seem to explain why "C'est" is used in this sentence. The lesson says that when être + determiner + noun or pronoun are used, then you're supposed to use "c'est". It didn't mention anything about proper nouns, which is what "Marc Duprée" is.

This question relates to:French lesson "C'est, ce sont = this is, these are (French Demonstrative Pronouns)"

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CécileKwiziq Native French TeacherCorrect answer

Bonjour Sydney,

Please take a look at my answer to the same question -

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/it-is-person-s-name

I hope it helps!

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

To put on a cheat sheet: if the verb is être, your best bet is c'est. That works 90% of the time.

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Sydney B. asked:

C'est or Il/Elle Est

In a qwiz you were supposed to fill in the blank: "Qui est cet homme ? - ______ Marc Duprée." I left that one blank, and when I went into the corresponding lesson, it didn't seem to explain why "C'est" is used in this sentence. The lesson says that when être + determiner + noun or pronoun are used, then you're supposed to use "c'est". It didn't mention anything about proper nouns, which is what "Marc Duprée" is.

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