French This and That
THIS and THAT can be the most confusing part of building a french sentence.
Singular THIS (an object that is close to you)
Masculine – ce (but careful… cet is used with a word that begins with a vowel or with a word that begins with a silent consonant!!)
Feminine – cette
Plural THESE (more than one object that is close to you)
Masculine and Feminine – ces
Now, if you want to use THAT / THOSE for objects that are further away, you can either use the same as the translations for this/these or you can use là or là-bas like this to insist on the fact that you are talking about objects that are not close to you:
Singular: Ce (masc. noun) là-bas / Cet (noun begins with vowel or silent consonant) là-bas / Cette (fem. noun) là-bas
Plural: Ces (plural noun) là-bas
