French Grammar – This car is dirty 🇫🇷

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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____ voiture est sale.

The correct translation for “This car is dirty” in French is “Cette voiture est sale.” Here’s an explanation for why “cette” is the correct answer:

In French, demonstrative adjectives (what we use to say “this” or “that” in English) must agree in gender and number with the noun they’re describing. “Voiture” is a singular feminine noun in French. Therefore, the demonstrative adjective must also be singular and feminine.

The French demonstratives are as follows:
– “ce” for masculine singular nouns starting with a consonant (e.g., “ce livre” for “this book”),
– “cet” for masculine singular nouns starting with a vowel or mute ‘h’ (e.g., “cet arbre” for “this tree”),
– “cette” for all singular feminine nouns, whether they start with a vowel or a consonant (e.g., “cette voiture” for “this car”),
– “ces” for all plural nouns, regardless of gender (e.g., “ces livres” for “these books”).

Since “voiture” is feminine and singular, “cette” is the appropriate demonstrative adjective to use. Therefore, “Cette voiture est sale” is the correct translation of “This car is dirty.”

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