French Grammar – That is the church of the city 🇫🇷

Adjectives

French demonstrative adjectives
this / that these / those
masculine ce ces
masc + vowel cet ces
feminine cette ces

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____ l’église de la ville.

The sentence “____ l’église de la ville” can be correctly completed with “C’est” to say “C’est l’église de la ville,” which translates to “That is the church of the city” in English.

The reason “C’est” is used here is because in French, “c’est” is a contraction of “ce” (it/this/that) and “est” (is), and is used for both singular and plural nouns when followed by a determiner (like “l'” in “l’église”) and a noun. It serves as the equivalent of the English “it is” or “that is” when pointing out or identifying something.

In contrast, when you are not followed by a noun with an article (like in “C’est un grand église” – It’s a big church), you generally use “C’est” to introduce the noun. However, if you were to describe a noun that’s already been mentioned or known with an adjective alone, you would use “Il est” or “Elle est” depending on the gender of the noun (e.g., “Il est grand” – “It is big” if referring to a masculine noun like “building”).

So in summary, “C’est” before “l’église de la ville” is appropriate because it is a fixed expression used to identify or introduce the noun that follows.

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