Word
Plus d'un cinéma projette ce film, même si c'est un échec.
Meaning
More than one cinema is screening this movie, even if it is a failure.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Plus d'un cinéma projette ce film, même si c'est un échec.
un
a / an (masculine)
le cinéma
the movie theater / the cinema
ce
this (before a noun)
de
of / from / any (in negative sentences) / about (concerning)
Questions & Answers about Plus d'un cinéma projette ce film, même si c'est un échec.
Why is the verb projette in the singular when "more than one cinema" logically means multiple cinemas?
What if the sentence said "less than two cinemas" (moins de deux cinémas)? Would the verb still be singular?
Why doesn't même si trigger the subjunctive mood in the second clause?
Unlike synonymous conjunctions like bien que or quoique (which require the subjunctive), même si (even if / even though) is always followed by the indicative mood. That is why the sentence correctly uses c'est rather than the subjunctive ce soit.
Could we use il est instead of c'est to say "it is a failure"?