In the sentence "Ce sont mes livres" why do you write "Ce" this/that instead of "Ces" these?

Carlos S.C1Kwiziq community member

In the sentence "Ce sont mes livres" why do you write "Ce" this/that instead of "Ces" these?

This question relates to:French lesson "C'est, ce sont = this is, these are (French Demonstrative Pronouns)"

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CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Carlos,

C'est is for a singular , Ce sont for a plural .

because of the clash of the two vowels.

C'est mon fils , c'est ma fille = He is / this is my son, she is/ this is my daughter

Ce sont mes enfants = These are my children / They are my children

Hope this helps!

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Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Ce sont mes livres -- This are my books. Here the demonstrative pronoun ce is not like an adjective to "books". It is a demonstrative pronoun all by itself and hence is not matched in gender and number to "books".

Ces livres sont à moi. -- These books belong to me. In this case ces refers directly to the books and behaves like an adjective. Therefore it needs to be matched to "books".

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Carlos S.C1Kwiziq community member

Thank you

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In the sentence "Ce sont mes livres" why do you write "Ce" this/that instead of "Ces" these?

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