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👉 Demonstratives: ce, cette, ces

ce cet · cette cesce cetcette ces

📖 In short

To point at something and say “this book” or “this rose”, French uses ce, cet, cette and ces. They take the place of the article before the noun.

🔎 The lesson

1 The table

MasculineMasculine before a vowelFeminineplural
cecetcetteces

2 Examples

arbre is masculine and starts with a vowel, so we say cet arbre.

  • ce garçonThis boy
  • cet arbreThis tree
  • cette fleurThis rose
  • ces enfantsThese children

3 This one or that one?

To tell near from far, we add -ci for near and -là for far.

  • ce livre-ciThis book (near)
  • ce livre-làThat book (far)

💡 Watch out!

  • cet and cette sound the same, but cet is masculine and cette feminine.

🧩 Test yourself

1 ... pomme (this apple)

2 ... oiseau (this bird)

3 ... chaussures (these shoes)

→ Possessives: mon, ma, mes← du, de la, des: some of something

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