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Restating the subject with “c’est/ce sont”

” C’est ” est au singulier. Pour la phrase “Le plus grand problème, c’est l’argent”, le ” l’ ” est la forme du singulier (le , la ..).

Autre exemple : Ce sont les gens.

Ce sont qui/quoi ? Les gens. Donc vu que “les gens” est au pluriel, on utilise la conjugaison du pluriel.

Avec la question qui/quoi, tu identifies le sujet et conjugue en fonction. 🙂

I’d say that adding "c'" emphasizes that you are answering the question "Quel est le le plus grand problème ?", either it being a real question or an implicit one. That among several possible problems, you are choosing "l'argent" as the main one.

In the specific case of this sentence "Le plus grand problème, c'est l'argent" / "Le plus grand problème est l'argent", the difference is negligible, but the version without "c'" would be better said reversed: "L'argent est le plus grand problème".

In some other examples, the version without “c'” will not seem correct and you will need to reverse it. eg: "La plus belle, c'est Sarah". It does not seem good, to my French ear, to say "La plus belle est Sarah". But indeed, "Sarah est la plus belle" is perfectly fine.

This is used when wanting to put emphasis on the phrase or noun introduced by "c’est."

It’s roughly similar to stressing the word in English (or italicizing in written English).

Money is the biggest problem = L’argent est le plus grand problème

Money is the biggest problem = Le plus grand problème, c’est l’argent

Money is the biggest problem = L’argent, c’est le problème le plus grand

The biggest problem is money = Le plus grand problème est l’argent

She was the one who wanted to go there = C’était elle qui voulait y aller

She was the one who wanted to go there = Celle qui voulait y aller, c’était elle.

She wanted to go there = Elle voulait y aller

She wanted to go there = Ce qu’elle voulait faire, c’est y aller

She wanted to go there = C’est elle qui voulait y aller / Elle voulait y aller, elle.

 

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