Breakdown of Le sujet de ce livre est intéressant.
être
to be
le livre
the book
intéressant
interesting
ce
this (before a noun)
le sujet
the subject, the topic
Questions & Answers about Le sujet de ce livre est intéressant.
Why doesn't this sentence use il s'agit de since that is what we are learning?
This sentence uses the noun le sujet (the subject) to literally say the subject of the book. The expression il s'agit de acts as an impersonal verb phrase meaning it is about. To express a similar idea using the new expression, you could rephrase it as Dans ce livre, il s'agit d'un sujet intéressant (In this book, it is about an interesting subject).
Why is it ce livre and not cet livre?
Does the adjective intéressant agree with the book or the subject?
It agrees with le sujet (the subject), which is masculine singular. While ce livre also happens to be masculine singular, the grammatical core of the sentence is the subject itself. If you were describing a feminine noun, like l'histoire (the story), you would add an -e to the adjective: L'histoire de ce livre est intéressante.
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