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Les acheteurs bousculent tout le monde, c'est le chaos !

Les acheteurs bousculent tout le monde, c'est le chaos !
The shoppers shove everyone, it's chaos!
From Lesson 216:Intensity with nouns (tellement de... que)·French

Breakdown of Les acheteurs bousculent tout le monde, c'est le chaos !

c'est
it is, that is
tout le monde
everybody
le chaos
the chaos
l'acheteur
the buyer (m)
bousculer
to shove

Questions & Answers about Les acheteurs bousculent tout le monde, c'est le chaos !

How could I use the grammar from this lesson to say 'There are so many shoppers that it is chaos'?
You can use tellement de or tant de before the noun. You would say, Il y a tellement d'acheteurs que c'est le chaos ! (There are so many shoppers that it is chaos!).
Why is it tout le monde for 'everyone' instead of a plural word?
In French, tout le monde literally means 'all the world' and is the standard way to say 'everyone'. Even though it refers to many people, le monde is a singular noun, so if it were the subject of a sentence, it would take a singular verb.
How is the word chaos pronounced in French?
Unlike the English word, the 'ch' in chaos is pronounced like a hard 'k', and the 's' is silent. It sounds like 'kah-oh'.
Does acheteurs only mean 'shoppers'?
Acheteurs literally means 'buyers' (from the verb acheter, to buy). In a retail context like a busy store or a sale, it naturally translates to 'shoppers'.
Why do we use c'est instead of il est before le chaos?
We use c'est because it is followed by a modified noun (the noun chaos with its definite article le). You generally use c'est (instead of il est) before a determiner plus a noun.

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