C'est un mur blanc.

It is a white wall.

Breakdown of C'est un mur blanc.

• être: to be
• blanc: white
• le mur: the wall
• c': it

Questions & Answers about C'est un mur blanc.

Why do we use C’est here instead of something like Il est?

In French, C’est (short for Cela est) is commonly used to introduce or identify something, especially when you have a noun after it. Il est is more frequently used with adjectives referring to a person or a thing without using a noun (e.g., Il est grand). Since we have un mur (a noun), C’est is the natural choice.

Why is it un mur and not une mur?

In French, every noun has a gender. Mur is masculine, so it takes the masculine article un. If it were a feminine noun, we would use une.

Why does blanc come after mur?

In French, most adjectives go after the noun they modify. Blanc (meaning white) is one of those adjectives typically placed after the noun. There are some adjectives that come before the noun, but blanc is not one of them.

Are there different forms of blanc for feminine or plural nouns?

Yes. For a feminine singular noun, blanc becomes blanche (e.g., une peinture blanche). For masculine plural, it becomes blancs and for feminine plural, blanches. The form of the adjective changes to agree with the noun in both gender and number.