No such file or directory

[Billie Healy]

I downloaded Cygwin for use in a C programming class. I made sure to also
include gcc, make, nano, and vim. Nano and Vim do fine, but when I enter
gcc hello.c
bash reponds "no such file or directory."
I have changed my path according to instructions and checked the path to
make sure it is set correctly.
I am running Windows 10 if this makes a difference.
Thank you for any help you can give me. If you can, please make your
response simple as I am a complete novice.
Many thanks,
Billie Healy