French demonstratives

Demonstratives are stuff that indicates which entity or entities are being referred to.

• -ci indicates this
• -là indicates that
• ce indicates this (m.s.)
• celui indicates th-whatever (m.s.)

• ce (m.s.)
• cette (f.s.)
• ces (m.p.)
• ces (f.p.)

Demonstrative adjectives are those that describes nouns. They need to change according to the noun.

• ce pont ’this bridge'
• cette église ’this chruch'
• ces statues ’these statues'

ce becomes cet before vowel

• cet été

Add là-bas to indicate distance

When talking about jours or mois, add the -ci or -là suffix

• Non, ce mois-ci.

• celui (m.s.)
• celle (f.s.)
• ceux (m.p.)
• celles (f.p.)

This is an alternative for demonstrative adjective. When the noun is absent, we use a demonstrative pronoun to replace the noun instead. Basically, use one of item from the list and add a suffix (hyphenate)

• Celui-ci est à Paul = Ce vélo est à Paul
• etc.

Celui de ’th-whatever of’ can be used to indicate possession

• C’est celui de Paul. ‘It belongs to Paul’