"C'est une fille et je suis un garçon."

Translation: She is a girl and I am a boy.

[hwakely]

Should it not be 'elle est une fille'? 'C'est' would be 'it is'.

[Sitesurf]

This is a specifically French construction: http://french.about.com/library/weekly/aa032500.htm

[MaryAnn718438]

I shall have to ask my French French teacher, she's a stickler for grammar.

[little_ms_yoshi]

Most of the time means it's, but in this sentence it would mean she because it mentions that it's a girl and in english you wouldn't say "it is a girl"

[dhunteroz]

re: little_ms_yoshi

Unless it's a baby or an animal, or where it was unclear until just this moment what they were.

[MaryAnn718438]

They do say "it's a girl" when a baby girl is born.

[ssnbll]

You woukd if you were talking about an animal

[venetoblu]

The following is the information provided by Duolingo [under 'Explain' when one clicks on 'C'est' in this sentence]:

C'est instead of il/elle est
C'est is used when the noun has an article (le, la, l', un or une) or a possessive before it. Say: C'est ma femme, not: Elle est ma femme.

[VivCocoa]

Can I make it any more obvious?

[Maimuna_May]

Duolingo has taken a liking to Avril Lavigne

[melsin]

I thought "c'est" ment there is?

[Sitesurf]

c'est = this/that/it is

c'est + modified noun = he/she/it is

there is/there are = il y a

[MaryAnn718438]

there is is "il y a"

[G.O.Osho-D]

"There is " means "il y a", I think

[Metropolysa]

Missed the "et" also.

[brimarielarkin]

there is the slower button, click that & she definitely says "et"

[n6zs]

Disregard the gender of the speaker's voice (in the situation where a female voice says "je suis un garçon"). The voice is only reading a sentence for you to translate. It is not a case of gender confusion.

[evonne.kon]

so does it means that "elle est une fille" and "c'est une fille"' is the same?

[AabLevellen]

No, it means that c'est une fille is the only correct way to express this idea. It is all according to French linguistic rules.

Here are two links on this matter, the first in French, the second in English: http://www.academie-francaise.fr/il-est-cest-un-0 and http://www.frenchtoday.com/blog/cest-versus-il-elle-est

[MaryAnn718438]

I was taught that "elle est une fille.

[FrankMelhu]

What gender is the bugler tonight? C'est une femme ?

[esme43747]

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[PreciousPink]

...?

[ChocolatChau]

How would you say 'its a girl' then in french?

[Sitesurf]

"Its" is a possessive and does not fit in your sentence.

It is/It's a girl = c'est une fille