il s’agit de – French expression
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il s’agit de – French expression
il s’agit de, or S’AGIR DE in its infinitive form, has many translations. Here are some common ones.
* to be, to be about
* to be necessary
* to come to
S’AGIR DE is a defective verb – It doesn’t have all the forms of a regular verb, it’s only conjugated with the neutral IL (no JE, TU, ELLE, ON, NOUS, VOUS, ILS, ELLES). Its structure is a bit different in French. It often involves a DANS.
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About DE
DE becomes
DU when preceding a masculine noun – du café
DE LA when preceding a feminine noun – de la menthe
DE L’ when preceding a noun starting with a vowel – de l’eau
DES when preceding a plural noun – des thés
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Translate from one language to the other
Français
* Dans ce jeu, il s’agit de gagner le plus possible de petits lapins.
* De quoi s’agit-il ?
* Pour faire des progrès, il s’agit d’écouter le texte plusieurs fois.
* Il ne s’agissait pas de nous.
* Ce dont il s’agit, c’est de fierté.
English
* What is it about?
* If you want to make progress, it's necessary to / it comes to listening to the text several times.
* It wasn’t about us.
* Pride is what it’s about.
* This game is about winning as many small rabbits as possible.
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