French Grammar – Are those suitcases mine? 🇫🇷

Adjectives

French demonstrative adjectives
this / that these / those
masculine ce ces
masc + vowel cet ces
feminine cette ces

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Ces

Plural noun, use ces.

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____ valises sont-elles à moi?

The reason “ces” is the correct answer to fill in the blank for the French question “____ valises sont-elles à moi?” is because “ces” is a demonstrative adjective in French, which corresponds to “those” or “these” in English when referring to plural nouns that are close by or far away.

In French, demonstrative adjectives must agree in number and gender with the nouns they modify. Since “valises” (suitcases) is a feminine plural noun, “ces” is used. Here’s the breakdown of the French demonstrative adjectives:

– “ce” for masculine singular nouns starting with a consonant (e.g., ce livre – this/that book)
– “cet” for masculine singular nouns starting with a vowel or mute h (e.g., cet homme – this/that man)
– “cette” for feminine singular nouns (e.g., cette femme – this/that woman)
– “ces” for all plural nouns regardless of gender (e.g., ces valises – these/those suitcases)

Since we need a plural form to match “valises” and we do not have to distinguish between masculine or feminine in the plural, “ces” is the correct choice. Hence, the translated question becomes: “Ces valises sont-elles à moi?” which means “Are those suitcases mine?”

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