c'est vs il/elle est vs ce sont

Dheeraj R.A0Kwiziq community member

c'est vs il/elle est vs ce sont

example from this lesson - Et leurs anniversaires ? - C'est bientôt !
contradicts with example from another lesson about c'est vs il/elle est - Où est ta tasse? Elle est sur la table. (rule: use il/elle est when giving opinions/short statements about specific things.)
"C'est" vs "Il/Elle est" to say it is/she is/he is in French


leur anniversaires - we are specifically talking about their aniversaries. so shouldn't we use il/elle est ? or maybe ils/elles sont ? 

Asked 18 hours ago
Jim J.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Dheeraj 

Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)

Please review the link above — I think you are confusing pronouns and adjectives.

Bonne continuation 

Jim 

Dheeraj R. asked:

c'est vs il/elle est vs ce sont

example from this lesson - Et leurs anniversaires ? - C'est bientôt !
contradicts with example from another lesson about c'est vs il/elle est - Où est ta tasse? Elle est sur la table. (rule: use il/elle est when giving opinions/short statements about specific things.)
"C'est" vs "Il/Elle est" to say it is/she is/he is in French


leur anniversaires - we are specifically talking about their aniversaries. so shouldn't we use il/elle est ? or maybe ils/elles sont ? 

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