6.2.11

'Celui'

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Celui - This One, That One

'Celui' is used for replacing masculine demonstrative adjectives and the nouns that follow them. 'Celui' cannot be used by itself. The three situations where 'celui' can be used are:

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With '-ci-' or '-là' attached to it

  • With '-ci' added to it, it means 'this one'. With '-là' added to it, it means 'that one'.
    • Quel garçon l'a fait, celui-ci ou celui-là?
      • Which boy did it, this one or that one?
    • Je ne sais pas si je veux celui-ci ou celui-là.
      • I don't know if I want this one or that one.
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Followed by a prepositional phrase

  • Usually, these begin with 'de'.
    • Quel film voulez-vous voir? Celui d'Espagne ou celui du Brésil?
      • Which film do you want to watch? The one from Spain or the one from Brazil?
    • Le seul vélo du village, c'était celui de mon frère.
      • The only bike in the village was the one belonging to my brother.
    • Lequel préférez-vous? Celui de droite ou celui de gauche?
      • Which do you prefer? The one on the right or the one on the left?
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Followed by a relative pronoun

  • They are used before 'dont', 'qui' and 'que'.
    • Celui dont c'est l'anniversaire.
      • The one whose birthday it is.
    • Il n'y a de pire sourd que celui qui ne veut entendre.
      • There are none so deaf as those who will not hear.
    • Celui que vous voulez.
      • The one which you want.

Cela, Ça, Celui

Ça and cela are indefinite demonstrative pronouns. They are used to replace a noun in a sentence, it doesn't matter if the verb is masculine or feminine.

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Cela

  • 'Cela' is used with every verb apart from 'être'.
  • It can be used with 'pouvoir' or 'devoir' when they are NOT followed by 'être'.
    • Cela me fera plaisir de répondre à vos questions.
      • I would be happy to take your questions. (Literally: This will make me happy to answer your questions.)
    • Cela doit rester un secret.
      • This has to remain a secret.
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Cela continued

  • Cela is also used as the thing having the action done to it.
    • Qui a fait cela?
      • Who did this?
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Ça

  • 'Ça' is the more informal version of 'cela', it is used in the same way.
    • Ça me fera plaisir.
      • I would be happy to.
    • Ça devrait aller mieux demain.
      • That will be better tomorrow.
    • Qui a fait ça?
      • Who did that.
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Celui

  • 'Celui' is used for replacing masculine demonstrative adjectives and the noun that follows them.
  • It cannot be used by itself, it can be used on three occasions.
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With '-ci-' or '-là' attached to it

  • With '-ci' added to it, it means 'this one'. With '-là' added to it, it means 'that one'.
    • Quel garçon l'a fait, celui-ci ou celui-là?
      • Which boy did it, this one or that one?
    • Je ne sais pas si je veux celui-ci ou celui-là.
      • I don't know if I want this one or that one.
  • Note that if the noun being described is feminine, this becomes celle-ci and celle-là.
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Followed by a prepositional phrase

  • Usually, these begin with 'de'.
    • Quel film voulez-vous voir? Celui d'Espagne ou celui du Brésil?
      • Which film do you want to watch? The one from Spain or the one from Brazil?
    • Le seul vélo du village, c'était celui de mon frère.
      • The only bike in the village was the one belonging to my brother.
    • Lequel préférez-vous? Celui de droite ou celui de gauche?
      • Which do you prefer? The one on the right or the one on the left?
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Followed by a relative pronoun

  • They are used before 'dont', 'qui' and 'que'.
    • Celui dont c'est l'anniversaire.
      • The one whose birthday it is.
    • Celui que vous voulez.
      • The one which you want.

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4Common Tenses

4.1Present Tense

4.1.1Regular ER Verbs

4.1.25 Common ER Verbs

4.1.3Regular IR Verbs

4.1.45 Common IR Verbs

4.1.5Regular RE Verbs

4.1.65 Common RE Verbs

4.1.7Reflexive Verbs

4.1.8Irregular ER Verbs - Aller

4.1.9Stem-Changing Verbs

4.1.10Irregular IR Verbs Like 'Partir'

4.1.11Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'vrir'

4.1.12Irregular IR Verbs That End in 'enir'

4.1.13Irregular IR Verbs With No Pattern

4.1.14Modal Irregular IR Verbs

4.1.15Irregular RE Verbs

4.1.16Irregular RE Verbs With No Pattern

4.1.17ER Present Participles

4.1.18IR Present Participle

4.1.19RE Present Participle

4.1.20Irregular Present Participles

4.1.21Avoir

4.1.22Être

4.2Perfect Tense

4.2.1Perfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs

4.2.2Perfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs

4.2.3Perfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs

4.2.4Irregular Past Participles

4.2.5Irregular Past Participles 2

4.2.6Être ER Verbs

4.2.7Être IR Verbs

4.2.8Être RE Verbs

4.2.9Irregular Être - 'Venir'

4.2.10Irregular Être - 'Naître' & 'Mourir'

4.2.11Perfect Infinitive - Using Avoir

4.2.12Perfect Infinitive - Using Être

4.3Imperfect Tense

4.3.1Imperfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs

4.3.2Imperfect Tense - 5 Common ER Verbs

4.3.3Imperfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs

4.3.4Imperfect Tense - 5 Common IR Verbs

4.3.5Imperfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs

4.3.6Imperfect Tense - 5 Common RE Verbs

4.3.7Imperfect Tense - Irregular ER Verbs

4.3.8Imperfect Tense - Irregular IR Verbs

4.3.9Imperfect Tense - Irregular RE Verbs

4.3.10Imperfect Tense - Être

4.4Imperfect vs Perfect

4.4.1Which One to Use?

4.5Future Tense

4.5.1Future Tense - Regular ER Verbs

4.5.2Future Tense - 5 Common ER Verbs

4.5.3Future Tense - Regular IR Verbs

4.5.4Future Tense - 5 Common IR Verbs

4.5.5Future Tense - Regular RE Verbs

4.5.6Future Tense - 5 Common RE Verbs

4.5.7Immediate Future

4.5.8Future Tense - Irregulars

5Advanced Tenses

5.1Conditional Tense

5.1.1Conditional Tense - Regular ER Verbs

5.1.2Conditional Tense - 5 Common ER Verbs

5.1.3Conditional Tense - Regular IR Verbs

5.1.4Conditional Tense - 5 Common IR Verbs

5.1.5Conditional Tense - Regular RE Verbs

5.1.6Conditional Tense - 5 Common RE Verbs

5.1.7Conditional Tense - Irregulars

5.2Pluperfect Tense

5.2.1Pluperfect Tense - Regular ER Verbs

5.2.2Pluperfect Tense - Regular IR Verbs

5.2.3Pluperfect Tense - Regular RE Verbs

5.2.4Pluperfect Tense - Être ER

5.2.5Pluperfect Tense - Être IR & RE

5.2.6Pluperfect Tense - Irregular Être

5.3Present Subjunctive

5.3.1Present Subjunctive - Regular ER Verbs

5.3.2Present Subjunctive - Regular IR Verbs

5.3.3Present Subjunctive - Regular RE Verbs

5.3.4Present Subjunctive - Two-Stem Irregulars

5.3.5Present Subjunctive - Complete Irregulars

5.3.6Present Subjunctive - Using the Subjunctive

5.3.7Present Subjunctive - Imperative

6Extra Grammar

6.1The Passive Voice

6.1.1Present Passive Voice

6.1.2Perfect Passive Voice

6.1.3Future Passive Voice

6.1.4Imperfect Passive Voice

6.1.5Avoiding the Passive

6.1.6Making the Passive Active

6.2Pronouns

6.2.1Subject Pronouns

6.2.2Direct Object Pronouns

6.2.3Indirect Object Pronouns

6.2.4Reflexive Pronouns

6.2.5Indefinite Pronouns

6.2.6'Y' & 'En'

6.2.7Me, Him, Them

6.2.8Stressed Pronouns

6.2.9Relative Pronouns

6.2.10'Ça' & 'cela'

6.2.11'Celui'

6.2.12Possessive Pronouns

6.3Asking Questions

6.3.1What, Which, Where?

6.3.2How, When?

6.3.3'Est-ce que...'

6.4Nouns

6.4.1The, A

6.4.2Some, Any

6.4.3Masculine

6.4.4Feminine

6.4.5Masculine Plurals

6.4.6Feminine Plurals

6.4.7Irregular Plurals

6.5Prepositions

6.5.1In, To, Of

6.5.2Verbs That Use 'A' or 'De'

6.5.3For

6.5.4Other Prepositions

6.5.5Locational Prepositions

6.5.6More Prepositions

6.5.7Prepositional Phrases

6.6Adverbs

6.6.1Adding 'ment'

6.6.2Exceptions

6.6.3Good, Badly, Fast

6.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers

6.7.1A Lot, Less, More

6.7.2Less and Less

6.8Adjectives

6.8.1Adjectives Must Agree

6.8.2Irregular Agreements

6.8.3No Pattern Irregulars

6.8.4Position of Adjectives: After the Noun

6.8.5Position of Adjectives: Before the Noun

6.8.6Position of Adjectives: Changing Meanings

6.8.7Comparative Adjectives

6.8.8Superlative Adjectives

6.8.9Good, Better, Best

6.8.10Demonstrative Adjectives

6.8.11Indefinite Adjectives

6.9Negative

6.9.1'Ne...pas'

6.9.2Other Negatives

6.9.3Two Verbs

6.9.4Infinitives

6.10Conjunctions

6.10.1But, And

6.10.2Then, So

6.10.3Because, While

6.10.4However, For Example

6.10.5Abbreviations

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'Ça' & 'cela'

Possessive Pronouns