Les adjectifs demonstratifs (this/that)

​Demonstrative adjectives (this, that) are used to indicate a specific noun or nouns. In French, they must agree with the noun(s) in number and sometimes gender.

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Par exemple…

Cet arbre est mignon. This tree is cute.

Ces montagnes sont hautes. Those mountains are tall.

​Characteristics of demonstrative adjectives

-Used in place of an article, not with one

-Placed directly in front of a noun or an adjective + noun

-Agree with the demonstrated noun in number and sometimes gender

-Demonstrative adjective + noun can be replaced by a demonstrative pronoun