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il or ça alternating with noun phrase subjects

A handful of common verbs alternate between an impersonal construction with il (or ça in informal spoken French) and a personal construction with a noun phrase subject:

  • Il semble que Pierre soit passé lundi or Pierre semble être passé lundi

It seems that Pierre came round on Monday

  • Il apparaît que vous êtes le dindon de la farce or Vous apparaissez comme étant le dindon de la farce

It seems that you have been made a fool of

  • Il s'est avéré que Sophie était consciencieuse or Sophie s'est avérée consciencieuse

It turned out that Sophie was conscientious

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