French Grammar – That house is beautiful 🇫🇷

Adjectives

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

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Cette

Single femanine noun, use cette.

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____ maison est belle.

The correct answer to the blank in “____ maison est belle.” is “Cette,” which is the feminine singular form of the demonstrative adjective in French, equivalent to “that” or “this” in English when referring to a feminine singular noun.

In French, demonstrative adjectives (adjectifs démonstratifs) must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. There are four forms:

1. Ce – masculine singular, used before a consonant (e.g., “ce livre” – “this/that book”).
2. Cet – masculine singular, used before a vowel or mute h (e.g., “cet homme” – “this/that man”).
3. Cette – feminine singular (e.g., “cette maison” – “this/that house”).
4. Ces – plural for both masculine and feminine (e.g., “ces livres” – “these/those books”).

Since “maison” is a feminine singular noun in French, “cette” is used to say “this house” or “that house.” The distinction between “this” and “that” in French is often clarified through context or by adding “-ci” (here) or “-là” (there) after the noun. For example, “cette maison-ci” specifies “this house here,” while “cette maison-là” indicates “that house there.”

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