thereal_csabikah

[proper gale]

Please be patient

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[minor escarp]

What aren't you understanding? There's a translation provided…

[final swan]

“Moi, c’est Alice.” means “I’m Alice”

In English you can say “Alice, that’s me.” in French you can say both

[steady ravine]

youre so lovely and helpful

[steady ravine]

but someone said that c'est - means - this is

so its like

im talking about myself as: this is alice/im alice?

[minor escarp]

I am when the question is clear!

[wary sigil]

c'est basically means it is or this is

ce means it/this
est means is
both combined become c'est because there is vowel so we put apostrophe

[fast roost]

yeah pretty much

like "me, its alice"

[sage phoenix]

French doesn't usually differentiate between "this", "that" and "it"
"C'est" can also be used for things such as "he/she is" when you are introducing something/someone with a noun (in this case a proper noun)

French also loves to repeat things to add emphasis or clarity, hence the repetition of the subject (in this case "c'est" on its own would not at all be clear enough as to who or what you're talking about)

[steady ravine]

oh my god thank you all so much <33

[upper blaze]

ca ma soule