Why is it 'ce sont mes livres' not 'c'est'?
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Why is it 'ce sont mes livres' not 'c'est'?
Thanks for your question. You're right, the explanation isn't clear - we'll get it fixed as soon as possible.
can we say that
Est-ce que vous connaissez Pierre? Oui, il est bon etudiant
normally nouns need "articles". but "il" can use without an article for giving an opinion about something mentioned.As you can see There is a noun in the sentence.I am curious about whether it is correct or not?
Hi Ozan,
Yes, you can say both -
and
Bonne Continuation!
Because "mes livres" is plural. If we look at the translation of ce sont mes livres, we see that 'ce sont' means 'these are'. Because we are talking about more than one thing, were going to have to use a plural demonstrative pronoun.
For example
• this is my cat = c'est mon chat [singular object, singular pronoun]
•these are my cats = ce sont mes chats [plural objects, plural pronoun]
Hope this helps:)
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