Demonstrative adjectives are tool words that designate someone or something. They are placed before a noun and they agree in gender and number: ce, cette, ces. They are the equivalent or this/that, these/those + noun in English.
Ce livre est à un ami. > This book belongs to a friend.Cet ami lit beaucoup. > This friend reads a lot.Cette musique est connue. > This tune is famous.Ces disques se vendent bien. > These disks are best sellers.•When a masculin noun begins with une vowel or a silent h, we use cet (pronounced like cette > [set] )
Cet homme n’est pas sympa. > This man in mean.Cet arbre est âgé de plus de cent ans. > This tree is more than one hundred years old.• Ces is used for plural nouns, masculine or féminine.
Cette maison est très grande > This house is very big.Ces maisons sont toutes petites > These houses are very small.