DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES

                  

This/That/These
Masculine singular	Ce	Ce livre	This, that
Masculine singular (before a vowel)	Cet	cet homme	This, that
Feminine Singular	Cette	Cette femme	This, that
M&F Plurel	Ces	Ces tentes	These, those

Ce garçon va faire du Camping                    This boy is going to go camping.

Cet homme va avec le garcon                       This man is going to go with the boy.

Cette femme n’aime pas le camping             This woman doesn’t like camping

Ces sacs de couchage sont confortables       These sleeping bags are                                                                                           comfortable.

Ces tentes ne sont pas grandes                      These tents aren’t big.

The distinction between this and that or these and those is not made as frequently in French as in English. When the need arises to make this distinction for clarity, emphasis, or comparison. -ci (=this) is added immediately after one noun and -la (=that) after the other.

-Quel maillot vas-Lu acheter?

    Which bathing suit are you going to buy?

-Je vais acheter ce maillot.

    l'm going to buy this / that bathing suit.

-Moi, je vais acheter ce maillot-ci, pas ce maillot-là.

   I'm going to buy this bathing suit, not that bathing suit.