Breakdown of Autour, c'est très joli.
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Why is it just Autour and not Autour de?
When you say "around something" and name the thing, you use autour de (like autour de la maison for "around the house"). But if you just mean "around here" or "around it" and don't name the place because it's already obvious from context, you drop the de and just use autour. The English translation says "Around it", but there is no word for "it" in the French sentence. Why?
In French, location words like autour (around) or devant (in front) often stand alone when the reference point is already understood. You don't need to add a literal word for "it" because autour by itself covers the whole idea of "around it" or "around here". Why do we use c'est here instead of il est for "it is"?
We use c'est because we are describing a general situation, atmosphere, or an unnamed area. If we were describing a specific masculine noun mentioned earlier, like a garden (le jardin), we would switch to il est très joli. Learn Autour, c'est très joli and more in French
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