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[ancient tulip]

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[slate cipher]

First off, the difference between 'this' and 'that' is much less pronounced in French compared to English, which is why people tend to default to cela/ça even with ceci. You only use ceci/cela if you want to emphasise that distance or contrast two things by distance. Ex:
« Je veux cela, pas ceci »
I want that, not this

[obtuse sinew]

ci is related to ici and là means there

[hoary pond]

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/demonstrative-pronouns/

[slate cipher]

So that's if the pronouns are replacing a noun which is a related but separate thing (celui/ceux, celle/celles), what OP is asking is the indefinite pronouns

[hoary pond]

Oh i see, can we call this a impersonal construction ?

[slate cipher]

It can be but it can also be used with objects, just that if they weren't mentioned beforehand

[hoary pond]

When indefinite pronoun is not followed by être, we use other indefinite pronouns right ?

Ce is used with être

Ceci and cela is with other verbs as the link mentioned

[slate cipher]

« Cela me plait » for example, can be used with a real object or an abstract thing

but « Celui-là me plait » can only be used with a real object

[hoary pond]

But they are generally replaced by " ça "

[hoary pond]

Yeah i see

[slate cipher]

Yup

I think it's ce plus être without any interruption

« C'est, ce sont, ce serait, etc »

because people say « ça y est »

[hoary pond]

What does that exactly mean

There is ?

[slate cipher]

It is here

[hoary pond]

Oh

Is the y here an indirect pronoun

[slate cipher]

like in the meme video, « Bonjour everybody tout le monde, ça y est, c'est mardi, c'est bientôt le week-end ! »

[slate cipher]

It's more to do with place

think of it as replacing « c'est ici »

[hoary pond]

Yeah i know two usages of pronom y

First is replacing a place

J'y vais toujours. (la plage)

Second is the indirect object pronoun
Je pense à mon avenir

J'y pense.

[slate cipher]

yup

[hoary pond]

The usage here is the first one

Right ?

[slate cipher]

I'd say so yes

[hoary pond]

Okay thank you so much

[rapid coral]

It's more just an expression but it's conceptually a location yeah