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potent glacier
amber moth
well frapper la porte would mean hit the door
rigid zodiac
'Knock a door' isn't wrong, but 'knock on a door' is more common.
French uses the latter.
Frapper qqn ou qqc
Hit someone or something (violent).
amber moth
also read this https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/cest-vs-il-est/
spice torrent
well frapper la porte would mean hit the door
Oh so it means hitting it in a aggresive way and not knocking it normally
spice torrent
French uses the latter.
So we use preposition ?
rough thistle
So we use preposition ?
yup
rigid zodiac
So we use preposition ?
Yeah.
spice torrent
Also read what Pharma sent
I read it right now and it says that c'est + déterminant
Il est + adj.
But in my sentence i used a pronom tonique here (i believe). What should i do in this case
rough thistle
I read it right now and it says that c'est + déterminant
Il est + adj.
But in ...
It's more like « il/elle » is used for adjectives and if it's not an adjective use « ce »
« C'est le mien », for example
that's a pronoun
spice torrent
that's a pronoun
Yeah i see thank you, and here it is a pronom tonique right ?
rigid zodiac
Would that be better
It would.
spice torrent
Like the more i get used to the language, sometimes i feel like i can form the sentences in my head without knowing the exact grammar rule but im not often sure about them,like i did here. Would there be any other options to replace lui here
rough thistle
C'était lui qui a frappé à la porte.
Yupp
rough thistle
Like the more i get used to the language, sometimes i feel like i can form the s...
Nope, it's all good though there is something related
If you change the pronoun there, there's two things you need to be wary about:
(1) The verb « être » will change depending on the number of the pronoun
The conjugation will still be in the third person since « ce » is third person but the conjugation will change depending on the tonic pronoun since « être » is like an equals sign so both must be the same.
(2) The verb after the relative pronoun takes the conjugation of the pronoun
This bit's a bit more complicated but essentially, if your pronoun is « moi » for example, first person singular, the conjugation after the relative pronoun should agree as well. In English – if your native language is English – the relative pronoun only agrees in the third person so this might be a bit foreign to you.
Put it all together and you get:
« c'est moi qui sors la poubelle »
« c'est toi qui sors la poubelle »
« c'est lui qui sort la poubelle »
« ce sont nous qui sortons la poubelle »
« ce sont vous qui sortez la poubelle »*
« ce sont eux qui sortent la poubelle »
* Yes, if « vous » here is singular, the être will adjust accordingly: « c'est vous qui sortez la poubelle ».
spice torrent
If you change the pronoun there, there's two things you need to be wary about:
(...
For the (1), im not sure what do you exactly mean by number of the pronoun but i guess that if i say;
C'était nous qui avons frappé à la porte. (only one pronoun)
C'étaient nous et vous qui avons frappé à la porte. (there is two pronouns in that case)
(2)thank you for reminding me that because i often forget that and i do the mistake of ;
||C'était moi qui a fait ça||
but it should be " c'était moi qui ai fait ça." in that case for example.
rough thistle
For the (1), im not sure what do you exactly mean by number of the pronoun but ...
For the (1), im not sure what do you exactly mean by number of the pronoun but i guess that if i say;
C'était nous qui avons frappé à la porte. (only one pronoun)
C'étaient nous et vous qui avons frappé à la porte. (there is two pronouns in that case)
It's not the amount of pronouns but what that pronoun's number is. A pronoun contains person, number, and gender.
« moi » is first person, singular, masculine/feminine
« toi » is second person, singular, masculine/feminine
« lui » is third person, singular, masculine
« elle » is third person, singular, feminine
« nous » is first person, plural, masculine/feminine
« vous » is second person, plural, masculine/feminine
« eux » is third person, plural, masculine
« elles » is third person, plural, feminine
It's the second entry, indicated by bold and underline
« ce sont nous » because « nous » is second person PLURAL
« c'est lui » because « lui » is third person SINGULAR
spice torrent
I see my bad here, and one more question. Would you use "c'étaient " or "c'était " in the sentence i gave above as ex.
Yeah it is c'étaient in that case i guess
spice torrent
« ce sont nous » because « nous » is second person PLURAL
Because as you said it is plural