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"Qu'est-ce que c'est?" and "Qui est-ce?"
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The French word 'que' means 'what' in English. Together with the verb form 'est' (is), 'que' becomes
"qu'est". Also, you can translate the syllable 'ce' with 'that'. The French use a quite complicated expression
to ask the question "What is that?". The French would say: "Qu'est-ce que c'est?", which could be translated
literally into English as "What is this, what this is?". Regardless of whether this is a complicated thing to say,
you should ask this question whenever you don't know the French meaning of something or
you want to ask for a certain thing in French.
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| Qu'est-ce que c'est? | What is that? | | Est-ce un ballon? | Is this a ball? | Non , ce n'est pas un ballon. C'est une banane. | No, this is not a ball. This is a banana. |
On the other hand, if you want to ask for a certain person, use the expression:
"Qui est-ce?" (Who is this?). You can answer this question with "C'est ..." (This is ...).
| Qui est-ce? | Who is that? | | C'est Pierre. | This is Pierre. |
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