French Grammar – Is that shirt red? 🇫🇷

Cette

Single femanine noun, use cette.

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Adjectives

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

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____ chemise est-elle rouge?

The correct answer to the French phrase “____ chemise est-elle rouge?” is “Cette,” which translates to “Is that shirt red?” in English. “Cette” is a demonstrative adjective in French, which agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Since “chemise” (shirt) is a feminine singular noun, “cette” is the appropriate feminine singular form of the demonstrative adjective to use, which means “that” in English.

In French, demonstrative adjectives are used to indicate a specific noun and must agree with the noun they are referring to in terms of gender and number:

– ce (masculine singular) – for masculine singular nouns beginning with a consonant (e.g., “ce livre” – this book)
– cet (masculine singular) – for masculine singular nouns beginning with a vowel or mute ‘h’ (e.g., “cet homme” – this man)
– cette (feminine singular) – for all feminine singular nouns (e.g., “cette chemise” – this shirt)
– ces (plural) – for all plural nouns regardless of gender (e.g., “ces livres” – these books, “ces chemises” – these shirts)

Hence, to complete the phrase correctly, we say “Cette chemise est-elle rouge?” which means “Is that shirt red?” in English.

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