hexdolk

[nocturne silo]

Please be patient

Our volunteers look into many questions every day; sometimes it takes them a little while to answer.

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Make it descriptive, including relevant context, but also to the point. This way you improve your chances of getting a more relevant and specific answer.

[west zenith]

Qu'est-ce que = What (in this context)
c'était = was
que ça = it

Literally "what was it"

[finite briar]

c' is already it. Why do we need to repeat the subject?

c'était = it was

[west zenith]

To amplify the fact that we're talking about it

What was that thing

You also could hear "C'était quoi, ça ?"

What was it, that thing?

Basically it's to emphatize
Sometimes you emphatize in english too, when you're saying "I do think" instead of "I think" to emphatize your opinion

[finite briar]

oh, so we can also say
"Qu'est-ce que c'était ?"

[west zenith]

Yeah!