French Grammar – Those potatoes taste amazing 🇫🇷

Ces

Plural noun, use ces.

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French demonstrative adjectives

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

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____ pommes de terre ont un goût incroyable.

The correct word to fill in the blank is “ces,” because in French, “ces” is a demonstrative adjective that means “these” or “those” when referring to plural nouns. Here’s why “ces” is the correct choice:

1. The noun “pommes de terre” (potatoes) is plural.
2. The demonstrative adjectives in French need to agree in number (and gender, though “pommes de terre” would have the same form in the feminine plural) with the noun they are describing.
3. The English phrase “Those potatoes” is demonstrating which specific potatoes are being referred to and because they are plural, we use “ces” in French to say “these” or “those.”

The other options for demonstrative adjectives in French are:
– “ce” for masculine singular nouns (e.g., “ce livre” means “this/that book”),
– “cette” for feminine singular nouns (e.g., “cette table” means “this/that table”),
– “ces” for all plural nouns, regardless of gender (e.g., “ces livres” means “these/those books” and “ces tables” means “these/those tables”).

Thus, the complete sentence in French would be: “Ces pommes de terre ont un goût incroyable,” translating to “Those potatoes taste amazing” in English.

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