Introducing someone: voici, voilà, c'est
When we want to introduce or present someone or something, we use:
• voici or voilà + noun
This is Théo, my friend.
Here are your croissants!
• c'est or ce sont with a noun or a tonic pronoun PRONOMS TONIQUES
This woman is my mother (literally, “this woman, this is my mother”)
-Hello, who's this? -It's me, Nadia.
These two girls, they're my sisters.
Notes:
- We say C'est qui ? (colloquial) or Qui est-ce ? to ask who someone is.
-Who is it? -It's us!
-Who is it? -It's Madame Belamour.
Note:
We use c'est + singular and ce sont + plural. However, in everyday spoken French we often hear c'est + plural.
-Who ate the bread? Was it you? -Oh no, it was them!
-Who is it? -It's my parents.
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