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French - Contractions

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C'est /s‿ɛ/, (before a vowel) /s‿ɛt‿/

A contraction of ce ("it, this") and est ("is"), the third-person singular indicative present form of être ("to be").

Note:
(1) french prefers to use c'est instead of just est
What I love is a good meal
Ce que j'aime, C'EST un bon repas
(EST could have been used but the preferred is to add the c')

(2) c'est is acceptable to add even in plural nouns
What interest me are holidays
Ce qui m'intéresse C'EST les vacances (even if vacances is plural)
it is (used to define the preceding word)
Le temps, c'est de l'argent. ― Time is money.
it is (used to introduce a focus)
this is
C'EST sentences
C'est trompeur — This is misleading.
n'est-ce pas /n‿ɛs pɑ/, /n‿ɛs pa/

Literally, "is it not?".

Bizarre, n'est-ce pas ? ― Strange, isn't it?
Used as an expression of affirmation after a statement, often translated into English as a tag question.
qu'est-ce que c'est? /k‿ɛs kə s‿ɛ/

From qu'est-ce que +‎ c'est, thus literally "what is it that it is?".
what is that? what is it? what does that mean?
how do you say? what is the word?
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