"Is it breakfast?"

Translation: Est-ce le petit déjeuner ?

[kejterr]

What's wrong with "Est-ce petit dejeuner ?"

[armenianarkanian]

Yeah, why doesn't this work?

[L-FC]

It should be "Est-ce le petit dejeuner", I think

[hightides]

Why is it "est-ce" not "est-il"?

[ZhanB]

Should not it sound "is it THE breakfast?" in English then?

[GaoitheSidhe]

We don't always use ''petit'' in front of ''déjeuner'' in Québec.

[avishan]

why not C'est du petit-déjeuner?

[starbunnie]

Because it's not "Is it some breakfast?"

[remigio.chilaule]

"du" is not always or only "some". I thought "du petit-déjeuner" would also be simply "breakfast", so I agree why not "c'est du petit-déjeuner"? Saying "c'est le petit-déjeuner" should be "is it THE breakfast"

[Steph24305]

You would use "du petit-déjeuner" for "some breakfast" as well as simply "breakfast", but only when adding "some" wouldn't change the sentence (implied some).

[Atharva11]

Can't it be est-il?

[AngelaHami]

For the top posts, often times in English we drop off the word "the", but in French they keep the article (le, etc.).

[DerekHarper]

The English sentence would be clearer if an article was used. There is a world of difference between "is this THE breakfast" and "is this A breakfast."

The first is a question that asks if this food before us we will be eating for breakfast, and the second asks what is this hot trash right here.