Independent Demonstrative Pronoun

Forms

  Simple pronouns Compound pronouns
  sg. pl. sg. pl.
masculine gender celui ceux celui-ci/là ceux-ci/là
feminine gender celle celles celle-ci/là celles-ci/là

Celui qui a fait le coup est un expert. The man who has done it is an expert.
Celle de mes amis est sur la table. The photo of my friends is on the table.
Ceux-là restent verts toute l’année. The trees over there stay green for whole year.

Independent demonstrative pronouns in a sentence replace nouns.

Simple pronouns (with no enclitic) are used behind prepositions or in conjunction with relative pronouns.

Compound demonstrative pronoun is used for distinguishing of two names. They are formed by an independent demonstrative pronoun and so-called enclitic. The enclitic -ci is used for a person or thing definition in closer way, while the enclitic -là for objects of distance:

J’ai deux livres. Tu veux celui-ci ou celui-là? I have two books. Do you want this or that one?

In colloquial the enclitic -là often represents closer thing, too:

Celles de mes dernières vacances sont ratées. That photos from the last holiday are not good.
Regarde celle-là! Look at this!

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Grammar
Summary of Grammar Terminology
Question
Negation
Gender of the Nouns
Plural
Article
Dependent Possessive Pronouns
Dependent Demonstrative Pronouns
Dependent Interrogative Pronoun of “quel” (= what, which)
Agreement of Adjectives
Adjective Placement
Subject Pronouns
Object Pronouns
Stressed Independent Personal Pronouns
Auxiliary Verbs
Class 1 Verbs
Class 2 Verbs
Verbs Ending in “-re”
Irregular verbs
Class 1 Verbs
Verbs Ending in “-ir” and “-re”
Forming the Past Compound Tense
Using the Auxiliary Verbs
Forming the Past Participle
Immediate Future
Recent Past
Summary of Grammar Terminology
Adjectives
Adverbs
Nouns
Formation of Adverbs
Simple Adverbs
Time Expressions
Pronoun „tout“
Pronouns „tout, tous“
Intensifying Cleft Sentences
Pronouns of Indirect Object
Pronouns “en” and “y”
Relative Pronouns
Extended Interrogative Independent Pronouns
Agreement of Past Participle
Reflexive Verbs
Imperfect
Conditional
Future tense
Subjunctive
Conjugation of Auxiliary Verbs
List of Conjugations
Grammar - Facettes plus
Questions
Negation
Emphasizing Sentence Constructions “c’est... qui”, “c’est... que”
Gender of the Nouns
Plural
Articles
Dependent Possessive Pronouns
Dependent Demonstrative Pronouns
Dependent Interrogative Pronoun of “quel” (= what, which)
Indefinite Pronouns
Agreement of Adjectives
Adjective Placement
Comparison of Adjectives
Comparison of Adverbs
Nouns - Comparing
Formation of Adverbs
Irregular Adverbs
Placement of an Adverb in a Sentence
Time details
Pronouns
Subject Pronouns
Stressed Independent Personal Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns
Pronouns of Indirect Object
Pronouns “en” and “y”
Order of Two Pronouns in a Sentence
Relative Pronouns
Extended Interrogative Independent Pronouns
Independent Demonstrative Pronoun
Independent Possessive Pronoun
Indefinite Pronouns
Auxiliary Verbs “avoir” and “être”
Class 1 Verbs (Ended in „-er“)
Verbs of the 2nd Class (Ended in „-ir“)
Verbs Ended in “-re”. Paradigm: “vendre”
Reflexive Verbs
Imperative of the 1st Class Verbs Ended in “-er”
Imperative of Reflexive Verbs
Imperative of the Rest of Verbs
Placement of Pronouns in Imperative
Forming Compound Past Tense (passé composé)
Using the Auxiliary Verbs “avoir” and “être”
Reflexive Verbs
Forming the Past Participle (participe passé)
Agreement of Past Participle in “passé composé”
Forming
Usage
Forming
Usage
Forms
Usage
Close Past (passé récent)
Close Future (futur proche)
Forming
Usage of the Present Conditional
Usage of the Future Tense
Forming
Usage
Forms
Usage
Idioms and Verbs Connected to Subjunctive (Subjonctif)
Subjunctive after Conjunctions
Infinitive or Subjunctive (subjonctif)
Forming
Usage
Participle (gérondif)
Forming
Usage
Replacing the Passive
Forming
Changes in the Reported Speech
Forming
Change in the Indirect Question
Conjugation of Auxiliary Verbs
List of Conjugations