How to say these and those in French

On the previous page, we saw that the equivalent of this/that in French is generally ce with masculine nouns and cette with feminine nouns. We also saw that in French, speakers don't generally distinguish between the meanings this vs that in everyday speech.

In English, this and those are used as plural equivalents of this and that respectively. In French:

The plural equivalent of ce/cette is ces. It generally covers the meanings of both these and those.

So for example:

ce garçon this boy, that boy	–>	ces garçons these boys, those boys
cette maison this house, that house	–>	ces maisons these houses, these houses

How to say these and those in French

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