{"id":6688,"date":"2021-03-29T08:21:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T08:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2021-05-24T08:35:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T08:35:16","slug":"demonstrative-pronouns-in-french","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elblogdeidiomas.es\/en\/demonstrative-pronouns-in-french\/","title":{"rendered":"Demonstrative pronouns in French"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Demonstrative pronouns in French<\/h1>\n<div class=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 2rem; margin-top: 2rem; background: #F4F4F4;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #fff; background: #FF6868;\">\u00cdNDICE DE CONTENIDOS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#simple\">Simple forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#compound\">Compound forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#neutral\">Neutral forms<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#ceci\">CECI, CELA, \u00c7A<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Demonstrative pronouns in French are\u00a0<strong>used to designate a particular person or thing<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0Generally speaking, French demonstrative pronouns substitute for a noun that is preceded by a demonstrative adjective.\u00a0<strong>On the other hand, compound forms are used to designate proximity or distance, in space or time.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this article we are going to offer you simple and clear explanations with their examples, which will allow you to learn everything you need to be able to correctly use the different forms of the French pronouns as well as the demonstrative determiners.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"simple\">Simple forms:<\/h2>\n<p>Remember that the adjectives are: Ce, Cet, Cette, Ces<\/p>\n<h3>Written language<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Singular<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">Male CELUI<\/p>\n<p>Female CELLE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td width=\"177\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Plural<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">Male CEUX<\/p>\n<p>Female CELLES<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>NEUTRAL<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>CE, C &#8216;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>These forms are used:<\/h4>\n<p>Followed by the particles\u00a0<strong>d &#8216;\/ de \/ du \/ \/ des<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Il a lost his montre et\u00a0<em>celle<\/em>\u00a0de sa soeur<\/strong>\u00a0(\u00a0<strong>montre<\/strong>\u00a0, feminine in French) \/ He has lost his watch and that of his sister.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elles s&#8217;occupent de leur chien et de\u00a0<em>celui de<\/em>\u00a0leurs voisins,\u00a0<em>du<\/em>\u00a0voisin,\u00a0<em>d&#8217;un<\/em>\u00a0voisin \/<\/strong>\u00a0They take care of their dog and that of their neighbors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Consider you probl\u00e8me mais also\u00a0<em>ceux des<\/em>\u00a0autres.\u00a0\/<\/strong>\u00a0Consider your problems but also those of others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As an antecedent of a relative pronoun:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I will locate your trois\u00e8me,\u00a0<em>celui qui<\/em>\u00a0est musicien<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0\/ The tenant of the third, the one who is a musician.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>celui que<\/em> nous voyons tous les dimanches. \/ <\/strong>The one we see every Sunday.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Celui don&#8217;t<\/em>\u00a0understand to speak to the radio<\/strong> . The one talked about on the radio.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>You should not confuse<\/strong>\u00a0the relative with the conjunction\u00a0<strong>&#8220;that&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0+ personal pronoun:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Celui qui (qu&#8217;il -incorrect) est musicien.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>La personne dont tu m&#8217;as parl\u00e9, celle qui (qu&#8217;elle -incorrecto-L) savait parler plusieurs langues \/<\/strong>\u00a0The person you told me about, the one who knew how to speak several languages.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"compound\">Compound forms<\/h2>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>They are built with the particles \u2013ci and\u00a0<strong>l\u00e0<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td width=\"236\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>SINGULAR<\/td>\n<td width=\"236\">Male CELUI<\/p>\n<p>Female CELLE<\/td>\n<td width=\"236\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2212\u2212\u00a0<em>CI<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"236\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>PLURAL<\/td>\n<td width=\"236\">Male CEUX<\/p>\n<p>Female CELLES<\/td>\n<td width=\"236\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u2212\u2212L\u00c0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td width=\"236\">NEUTRAL<\/td>\n<td width=\"236\">CECI, CELA, \u00c7A<\/td>\n<td width=\"236\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>As in the case of the demonstrative adjective, these forms serve to differentiate:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Proximity or distance.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Passe-moi les classaus:\u00a0<em>ceux-ci<\/em>\u00a0non,\u00a0<em>ceux-l\u00e0<\/em>\u00a0, ils sont plus grands.\u00a0\/<\/strong>\u00a0Give me the scissors: Not these, those that are older.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Opposition or distinction between two elements.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ces deux tableaux ne semblent pas du m\u00eame peintre;\u00a0<em>celui-ci<\/em>\u00a0n&#8217;a pas the characteristic memes that\u00a0<em>celui-l\u00e0.<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These two paintings do not look like the same painter: this one does not have the same characteristics as the other.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"neutral\">Neutral forms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>CE<\/strong>\u00a0, is used as the antecedent of a relative pronoun:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"95\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>EC<\/td>\n<td width=\"118\">\n<ul>\n<li>Qui<\/li>\n<li>Que<\/li>\n<li>Dont<\/li>\n<li>\u00c0 quoi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>I know that j&#8217;affirme est exact<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0<em>What I claim is accurate.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Ce qui<\/em>\u00a0se passe ici est \u00e9trange<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0<em>What happens here is strange<\/em>\u00a0.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Je ne vois pas\u00a0<em>ce dont<\/em>\u00a0on m&#8217;accuse<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0<em>I don&#8217;t see what I&#8217;m being accused of<\/em>\u00a0.<\/li>\n<li><strong>C&#8217;est ce \u00e0 quoi je I thought<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0<em>That is what I am thinking.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>C &#8216;+ verb \u00eatre<\/h3>\n<p>In the case of the expression\u00a0<strong>c&#8217;est (C &#8216;+ verbe \u00eatre)\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>the neuter pronoun C&#8217; has no translation in Spanish.\u00a0In the example that follows, you have the application of\u00a0<strong><em>ce<\/em>\u00a0=<\/strong>\u00a0lo\u00a0<strong>, and c &#8216;<\/strong>\u00a0without translation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ce\u00a0<em>qui<\/em>\u00a0compte c&#8217;est mon temps<\/strong>\u00a0.\u00a0\/ Enter a strong statement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partir,\u00a0<em>c&#8217;est<\/em>\u00a0mourir un peu \/<\/strong>\u00a0Partir, is to die a little.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Votre unique solutionb,\u00a0<em>c<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;est dans le premier SAUTER plane \/<\/strong>\u00a0His only solution is to\u00a0take the first plane<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dans une discussion il ne faut pas s&#8217; \u00e9chauffer: c&#8217;est primordial.\u00a0\/<\/strong>\u00a0In a discussion, do not get overheated: it is essential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Integrated into the verb,\u00a0<strong>&#8221;\u00a0<em>c<\/em>\u00a0&#8216;est&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0serves to emphasize the action of the subject.<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td width=\"118\">C&#8217;est<\/td>\n<td width=\"130\">\n<ul>\n<li>\u2026qui<\/li>\n<li>\u2026que, qu\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"alt\">\n<td width=\"177\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>C&#8217;est<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">\n<ul>\n<li>The fillette<\/li>\n<li>The souris<\/li>\n<li>\u00c0 son gendre<\/li>\n<li>Au mois de mai<\/li>\n<li>In M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/li>\n<li>Avec ses pieds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">\n<ul>\n<li>QUI<\/li>\n<li>QUE<\/li>\n<li>QU\u00b4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td width=\"177\">\n<ul>\n<li>chante<\/li>\n<li>Aper\u00e7ue<\/li>\n<li>J&#8217;\u00e9crirai<\/li>\n<li>Les lilas sont en fleurs<\/li>\n<li>L&#8217;eau est le plus chaude<\/li>\n<li>Elle peint<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"177\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Remember<\/strong> the use of the tonic personal pronoun in the following forms.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>C&#8217;est moim c&#8217;est toi, c&#8217;est lui \/ elle<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>C&#8217;est (sing) nous, c&#8217;est vous, c&#8217;est eux \/ elles<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 id=\"ceci\">CECI, CELA, \u00c7A<\/h2>\n<p><strong>CECI<\/strong>\u00a0is little used in today&#8217;s language,\u00a0<strong>CELA<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>especially \u00c7A<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0in spoken French, cover all jobs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donnez-moi is jealous.\u00a0Ne touche pas \u00e0 \u00e7a.\u00a0De \u00e7a, n&#8217;en parle pas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mais \u00e7a br\u00fble, \u00e7a!\u00a0(\u00e7a<\/strong>\u00a0is frequently related to an inanimate entity.<\/p>\n<p>As always and to finish we remind you of the possibility of making your registration online from the\u00a0following link.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;6688&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;\u00a1D\u00e9janos unas estrellitas si te ha gustado el post!&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Demonstrative pronouns in French&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 4px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; 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