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Chapitre 7
Grammaire 1
Demonstrative Adjectives
 To say this, that, these or those, use the demonstrative
adjectives ce, cet, cette, and ces. The demonstrative
adjective you choose depends on the gender and
number of the noun with which it goes.
MASCULINE
FEMININE
SINGULAR
ce pull
cet imperméable
cette chemise
PLURAL
ces pulls
ces imperméables
ces chemises
Demonstrative adjectives
You can add the suffixes below to emphasize what you
are trying to say
 ce pull-ci
 ce pull-là
 ces pulls-ci
 ces pulls-là
 This hoodie (here)
 That hoodie (there)
 These hoodies (here)
 Those hoodies (there)
this/these (-ci)
that/those (-là)
Interrogative adjectives
 Quel means which or what. It has four forms. All four
forms are pronounced the same way.
MASCULINE
FEMININE
SINGULAR
Quel chemisier?
Quelle jupe?
PLURAL
Quels chemisiers?
Quelles jupes?
Interrogative adjectives
 You’ve been using qu’est-ce que to say what. It is a little
different from quel.
 Use a form of quel when what is followed directly by a
noun.
 Quelle cravate est-ce que tu vas acheter?
 Use a form of quel when what is followed by the word est
or sont (the verb être)
 Quelles sont tes cravates préférées?
 Quelle est ta cravate préférée?
 Use qu’est-ce que to say what when it’s followed by a
subject pronoun.
 Qu’est-ce que tu vas acheter?
interrogative
adjectives
You can use a form of quel
as an exclamation, as in
“What a beautiful dress!”
In this case the word “a” is
not stated in French.
 Quel beau chapeau!
 Quelle belle robe!
 Quels jolis chemisiers!
 Quelles casquettes
mignonnes!
irregular verb mettre
 mettre (to put something somewhere/to wear/to put
on clothes, shoes, accessories, etc.) is irregular and
must be memorized!
je mets
tu mets
il/elle/on met
nous mettons
vous mettez
ils/elles mettent