Been looking at this for a long time. Conclusion is if you want to write a sentence using a/the/my , Or making a general opinion then use c'est. Otherwise use I'll/Elle est to make a specific opinion towards something/someone if there is no a/the/my in the sentence?
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Hi Van,
This is pretty accurate but I prefer working with their French equivalents.
There are others and you can add, Monsieur, Madame and names to the list.
I am working on an lesson update which I hope will clarify the situation...
As an example you can say -
Elle est bonne nageuse
C'est une bonne nageuse
but you cannot say:
Elle est une bonne nageuse !
Thank you both so much! This helped me loads! I'm still highly confused and still struggling but this conclusion gave me some sort of edge to it. thanks again!
Is this a good summary?
Been looking at this for a long time. Conclusion is if you want to write a sentence using a/the/my , Or making a general opinion then use c'est. Otherwise use I'll/Elle est to make a specific opinion towards something/someone if there is no a/the/my in the sentence?
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