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TABLE Summary table of demonstrative determiners
TABLE Summary table of demonstrative determiners


{| class="wikitable"
|
|
|Proximate
|Non-proximate
|-
| rowspan="2" |masc
|ce, cet
|ce, cet . . . ci
|ce, cet ... là
|-
|this, that
|this ... (here)
|that ... (there)
|-
| rowspan="2" |fern
|cette
|cette ... ci
|cette ... là
|-
|this, that
|this ...  (here)
|that... (there)
|-
| rowspan="2" |plur
|ces
|ces . . . ci
|ces ... là
|-
|these, those
|these . . . (here)
|those ...  (there)
|}




NB: Masculine cet appears only when the demonstrative determiner immediately precedes a noun or adjective beginning with a vowel or a 'silent h' (h muet):


NB: Masculine cet appears only when the demonstrative determiner immediately precedes a noun or adjective beginning with a vowel or a 'silent h' (h muet):
{| class="wikitable"
|French
|English
|-
|cet enfant
|this child
|-
|cet ancien marin
|that ex-sailor
|-
|cet héroïsme
|that heroism
|}

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French Grammar - Demonstrative determiners


TABLE Summary table of demonstrative determiners

Proximate Non-proximate
masc ce, cet ce, cet . . . ci ce, cet ... là
this, that this ... (here) that ... (there)
fern cette cette ... ci cette ... là
this, that this ... (here) that... (there)
plur ces ces . . . ci ces ... là
these, those these . . . (here) those ... (there)


NB: Masculine cet appears only when the demonstrative determiner immediately precedes a noun or adjective beginning with a vowel or a 'silent h' (h muet):

French English
cet enfant this child
cet ancien marin that ex-sailor
cet héroïsme that heroism