juliantt

[pliant jacinth]

Please be patient

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[keen aspen]

bcs the original sentence is just « c'est beau »

« les roses » is added in to clarify what is it that you are talking about

[pure ivy]

But if I move les roses to the front, it must be « les roses, ce sont belles », right?

[keen aspen]

No, same thing

« ce » tends to be masculine (technically neuter) singular

The only exception is if what follows the verb is a plural noun/pronoun

Les roses, c’est beau
(What follows the verb is an adjective – i.e. not a noun nor a pronoun – so it stays singular)
Ce sont de belles roses
(What follows the verb is a plural noun, « des roses », so it ‘becomes’ plural)