"She is nice."

Translation: Elle est sympa.

[DrewDdmek]

What's the difference between gentille and sympa?

[djami_duo]

We can say they have the same meaning.

[YoBoiJY]

It can also be "sympa" instead of " gentille "

[halstead]

Why not " Elle est jolie" Collins gives C'est du joilie as that's very nice.

[BasiaNowak3]

Apparently it only means nice when applied to an object, when applied to a person it means "pretty"

[excellence2018]

True

[Theofa]

"c'est jolie" ???? Why it is not right???

[sotnosen93]

"C'est" is, I believe, only used for modified nouns, not when adjectives are used by themselves. "Jolie" (and "Joli") means nice in the sense that something looks nice, so if the woman is "jolie", I'd say a more natural-sounding translation (to me at least) is "she is pretty".

Or to put both those things in a sentence, "C'est une jolie jupe" = "It's a nice(-looking) skirt".

[Theofa]

Thank you very much!!!

[MarieB521235]

So, if you spell gentille wrong, it says that the answer is "elle est bien"

[Morgan181096]

"gentile" should register as a typo, not wrong

[PracticalOne]

So does jolie only refer to objects?

[excellence2018]

Not really.

Only the meaning changes.

"Joli(e)" with:

A. Persons = pretty

B. Objects = nice

[deactivated user]

I thought gentile/gentille meant kind.

[Androjki]

For some reason I thought that "elle est" needed a contraction and put "c'est" but that was wrong. Was I really wrong or is this an error on Duolingo?

[n6zs]

I learned this the hard way, by losing hearts!! "Elle est" and "il est" become "c'est" only when the next word is an article (un, une, le, la, or l') or a possessive pronoun, e.g., mon/ma. So, "elle est gentille" but "c'est mon amie". The last tidbit includes a bonus: the masculine "mon" is used for feminine nouns starting with a vowel. ;-)

[Androjki]

Thank you! That is good to know, I will try to remember this. That last thing I suppose makes sense for reasons of pronunciation, it's easier to say "mon amie" than "ma amie".

[Cammycurly]

Jeez! I'll NEVER learn all this stuff! But thanks, once again, for your insight George!

[TorielTheG]

Im pretty sure its just elle est because elle cest would be she its

[Aleppanen]

In previous lessons, gentile meant nice as well as kind. Why doesn't it take this word? Did I misspell it?

[Lil_B_Liker]

Mega64 reference

[FrankKeasb]

Why is it not " elle est sympae"