Owen

[warped blade]

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[dapper wraith]

like i get the meaning of the sentence

i dont get the grammer

specifaclly the ce que

maybe je me réjouis de qu'il y ait un marin

would make sense for me

[wraith kiln]

On se réjouit de quelque chose.
When this quelque chose is a complete clause, you have to insert ce que.
Ce acts as a noun because you need to nominalize said clause.

[dapper wraith]

yeh this was very similar to a question i asked months ago in fact which has the same logic

i didnt realise it was the same concept

thank you

[bitter yew]

It's a weird construction

I wouldn't say it like that

[thin notch]

It's a formal construction indeed :)

[wraith kiln]

Yup. Informally we would say "je me réjouis que + clause".

Or "je me réjouis de + infinitive clause" when the subjects are the same person.