Demonstrative in French – Part I: Adjectives
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The translation of: This, That, These, Those in French.
This (m) | Ce / Cet |
That (m) | Ce / Cet |
This or That (f) | Cette |
These, Those (p) | Ces |
The demonstrative adjective is masculine when it is followed by a masculine word in French: This book (livre is masculine in French):
Ce livre
This friend, your friend is a boy: cet ami
Your friend is a girl: cette amie
– Ce: for masculine words starting with a consonant
– Cet: for masculine words starting with a vowel
– Cette for all feminine words
– Ces is a unique form for masculine or feminine plural.
This or That have the same translation but if you want to stress the difference because you use both terms in your sentence, you will add -ci or -là at the end of the noun: ce livre-ci!
This book | Ce livre / Ce livre-ci |
That book | Ce livre / Ce livre-là |
This man | Cet homme / Cet homme-ci |
These books | Ces livres / Ces livres-ci |
Those books | Ces livres / Ces livres-là |
This house or that house?: cette maison-ci or cette maison-là?
And that’s all!
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The next lesson is about the Pronouns: Demonstrative Pronouns
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