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Note that ce is used with the verb être as follows: in its singular form, c'est, means it is /this is /that is, and in its plural form, ce sont, means they are /these are /those are. Both forms are used to refer to a thing or a person (i.e. a girl, a table, a house, ...), and they agree in number (singular or plural) with the thing they refer ...
Just to clarify, here is an example as I understand it: (1) Les pommes sont fraîches. Ces pommes sont fraîches. (2) Les pommes sont fraîches. Ce sont fraîches. In the first example "ces" is a demonstrative pronoun and needs to agree in gender and number with "pommes". In the latter example "ce sont" is a fixed phrase meaning "they are" as a ...
radiorules. • 5 yr. ago. ''Ce'' is like a pronoun, it refers to a subject that is at the 3rd person of the plural. ''Ils'' and ''Elles'' are both the two genders of the 3rd person of the plural. If you're using ''ce sont'', you're probably making a complex sentence, where you will have two or more conjugated verbs, or referring to a subject ...
"C'est/ce sont" means "it is/they are". In this context "ce" is immutable and will never be "ces". "Ces" is a demonstrative pronoun and belongs to the family "ces, celles, ceux". It always needs a noun and is matched in number and gender to it. Ce ne sont que des enfants -- They are only children. Ces enfants se comportent bien.
Ce sont les dernières. --The're the last ones. Ces usually requires a noun to follow: Ces tomates sont les dernières.
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The simple answer is no, you have to have a noun after ces which is a demonstrative adjective. Ce/cet/cette and ces = this/that and these/those (demonstrative adjectives) You say -. Ces oranges sont amères = These oranges are bitter. but. Ce sont des oranges amères = These orange are bitter /these are bitter oranges. Hope this helps!
Hi Mark, It is the perennial question asking why you cannot say - il est mon ami = he is my friend il est mon frère = he's my brother etc. you have to use - C' est c'est mon ami ---> ce n'!
Que l'admettes ou non, ce ne sont pas tes amis. Comment se fait-il que ce soit ce ne sont pas tes amis plutôt qu'ils ne sont pas tes amis? This question relates to: French lesson "Que + the subjunctive mood (Le Subjonctif) = Whether you do something (or not) in French"
NOTE: With eux and elles, technically you should say Ce sont... for it is but you will hear people use c'est. Use ce sont in writing, but you can use c'est in speech. See C'est, ce sont = this is, these are (French Demonstrative Pronouns)