COMPLETE FRENCH GRAMMAR - part 8

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COMPLETE FRENCH GRAMMAR - part 8 EXERCICE 23·6 Traduire les phrases suivantes en utilisant vous si nécessaire. 1. My family is larger than yours. 2. Our situation is more difficult than his. 3. Her brothers are younger than she is. 4. Their city is cleaner than ours. 5. My exercise is more advanced than theirs. 6. Your dog is more handsome than his. 7. Our neighbors are nicer than yours. 8. Your winters are colder than ours. 9. Their products are more expensive than yours. 10. Your children are more active than mine.Possessive pronouns with aussi and non plus The possessive pronoun is also often used with aussi and non plus to confirm an affirmative or negative statement. Son appartement coûtait cher. His apartment was expensive. —Le mien aussi. —So was mine. Nos meubles sont très modernes. Our furniture is very modern. —Les miens aussi. —So is mine. Vos réponses ne sont pas correctes. Your answers are not right. —Les siennes non plus. —His either. (Nor are his.) Son appartement n’est pas bruyant. His apartment is not noisy. —Le tien non plus. —Yours either. (Nor is yours.) 197 Demonstrative adjectives and pronouns Demonstrative pronouns Earlier, you studied the demonstrative adjectives ce, cet, cette, ces (this, that, these, those) used to point out things and people. ce restaurant this restaurant cette galerie this gallery ces chaises these chairs ces bagues these rings A demonstrative pronoun replaces a demonstrative adjective a noun. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it replaces. It can refer to people or things. In a sentence, it can be the subject or object of the verb and be followed by que, qui, de, or another prepositional phrase. Singular celui the one (masculine) celle the one (feminine) Plural ceux the ones (masc.; masc. and fem.) celles the ones (feminine) Cette dame est celle qui habitait That woman is the one who used to live autrefois à côté. next door. Il a adopté la méthode de Gérard. He adopted Gérard’s method. —Non, c’est celle de Francine. —No, it’s Francine’s. À qui est ce téléphone? Whose phone is it? —C’est celui de Juliette? —Is it Juliette’s? Compound demonstrative pronouns Compound demonstrative pronouns are used to compare elements of the same nature or to indi- cate a choice between two objects or two people. The particles -ci and -là are added to demonstra- tive pronouns to indicate this one, that one, etc. Singular celui-ci this one (masculine) celui-là that one (masculine) celle-ci this one (feminine) celle-là that one (feminine) Plural ceux-ci these (ones) ceux-là those (ones) (masc.; masc. and fem.) (masc.; masc. and fem.) celles-ci these (ones) (fem.) celles-là those (ones) (feminine) Celui-ci est en argent. Celui-là est en or. This one is silver. That one is gold. Celle-ci coûte cher. Celle-là est bon This one is expensive. That one is cheap. marché. Ceux-ci sont vrais. Ceux-là sont faux. These are real. Those are fake. Celles-ci sont belles. Celles-là sont These are beautiful. Those are ugly. laides. Note that celui-ci (celle-ci) and celui-là (celle-là) may carry a condescending or derogatory meaning when used to talk about a person who is not present. Therefore, be careful if you decide to use it to refer to a person. Tu connais son frère? Do you know his brother? —Ah, celui-là! Il est odieux! —Ah, that one! He i ...