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Demonstrative adjective - Adjectif démonstratif - French Grammar Glossary

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Definition: A demonstrative adjective points out a particular noun. Like other French adjectives, demonstrative adjectives have to agree with the word they modify in gender and number.

Demonstrative adjectives:

ce, cet, cette - this, that:
ce livre - this book, that book
cet homme - this man, that man
cette femme this woman, that woman

ces - these, those:
ces livres - these books, those books
ces idées - these ideas, those ideas

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Related terms: noun - gender - number - adjective - agreement - demonstrative pronoun

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