French - Singular and plural objects - This is, these are
C’est – This is – pronunciation – say
Ce sont – These are – pronunciation – say saun
1. C’est un—– Livre –masculine singular
2. Ce sont Des— Livres –plural
Example –for objects
C’est – say-This is
Ce sont – say son – These are
1. C’est —– Livre
2. Ce sont des—— livres
This is book
c’est un livre
These are books
Ce sont des livres
Q – Qu’est – ce que c’est?
What is this?
spell it like – kay-se-ke-say
| English | French |
| It’s a book | C’est un livre |
| It’s a notebook | C’est un cahier |
| It’s a desk | C’est un pupitre |
| It’s a bench | C’est un banc |
| It’s a table | C’est une table |
cashier – cahier—some what related
C’est un – Say-thun
C’est une – Saythyune
For making objects plural in French, we add a silent “S” to them
Exception —>** if they end with “eau”, we add “x”.
Singular and Plural
Singular
C’est un banc
Plural
Ce sont des bancs
C’est un cahier
Ce sont des cahiers
C’est un pupitre
Ce sont des pupitres
C’est un tableau
Ce sont des tableaux
Practice few more examples on your own
—-For people …we say-
Qui est-ce? — say key-a-se == who is this?
C’est Mahatma Gandhi
C’est Tamal
Practice few more examples on your own
un livre
des plumes
des pupitres
des stylo
a book
a black board
some desk
some pens
Note:
Q. Est-ce un livre? (ay-se) – Is this a book?
A – Oui, c’est un livre = yes, this is a book
Non(n-on) Ce n’est pas un livre –se nay
pasun livr = No this is not a book
Note in English is translated into ne and pas in front of and at the back of the verb in a sentence-No – Nepa