Demonstrative adjectives

Demonstrative adjectives in French are ce, cette, ces, and cet.
They have to agree with the noun they refer to:
    ce magasin - before masculine
    cette région - before feminine
    cet oiseau - before vowel
    ces pommes - before plural

Demonstratives adjectives are the equivalent of this or that in English or ce, cette etc. in French. They are used to point something out:

Cette voiture est italienne

This car is Italian

Demonstratives adjectives have to agree with the noun they refer to. They have the following forms:

Table 58: Demonstrative adjectives
	Masc sing	Fem sing	Plural
before consonant	ce	cette	ces
before vowel	cet	cette	ces

Ce magasin est fermé le dimanche

This shop is closed on Sundays

Cet oiseau est rare

This bird is rare

J'aime bien cet auteur

I really like this author

Cette région est très belle

This region is very beautiful

Ces pommes sont très bonnes

These apples are very nice

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