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C'est toi qui as créé toute cette pagaille !

C'est toi qui as créé toute cette pagaille !
You are the one who created all this mess!
From Lesson 437:Emphasizing the subject (c'est... qui)·French

Questions & Answers about C'est toi qui as créé toute cette pagaille !

Why is it qui as and not qui a? Doesn't qui usually take the il/elle form?
In a cleft sentence like c'est toi qui, the relative pronoun qui (who) takes the same person and number as the pronoun it refers to. Since it refers to toi (you), the verb must be conjugated in the tu form: tu as, so it becomes qui as.
Why does créé have two accented e's at the end?
The infinitive is créer (to create). To form the past participle of an -er verb, you drop the -er and add -é. Because the stem of créer already ends in an é (cré-), the past participle ends up with two: créé. It looks unusual but perfectly follows the regular rule.
Why is it toute cette and not just tout ce?
Pagaille is a feminine noun. The adjective tout (all) and the demonstrative adjective ce (this/that) must both agree with the noun they modify. Therefore, tout becomes the feminine toute, and ce becomes the feminine cette.
Is pagaille a standard word for 'mess'?
Yes, pagaille is a very common, everyday word for a mess, chaos, or a shambles. It is slightly informal but widely used. You will also frequently hear the expression en pagaille, which means 'all over the place' or 'in heaps'.

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