Kaiti's Outlet

(from a 2015 interview)

V- Victreebell

E- Eelectross

R- Reuniclus

O- Oricorio

N- Nidoking

I- Incineroar

C- Cubchoo

A- Aipom

A - Aggron

I - Infernape

T - Toxicroak

L - Luxray

Y - Yveltal

Isildur: How about no.

…

Elrond: Ok look that’s definitely Sauron and he’s definitely coming back, let’s go do something about it.

Saruman: Or you could take Galadriel home and let me handle this.

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Elrond: Welcome to the Council of Elrond.

Elrond: EVERYONE SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP

Elrond: WE ARE DEFINITELY DOING THE DESTROYING THE RING THING THIS TIME

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Who➡ Qui

What➡ Quoi

Which➡ Lequel/Laquelle/Lesquels/Lesquelles

Where➡ Où

When➡ Quand

Why➡ Pourquoi

How➡ Comment

Écoutez bien mes amis! We’re gonna do some learning.Today we’re talking about demonstrative adjectives and demonstrative pronouns.  In English we use the same set of words (This, That, These, and Those) to indicate both-

I have that book, but I don’t have those.

In this sentence ‘That’ is a demonstrative adjective because it modifies a noun, in this case ‘book’. In the same sentence ‘those’ is a demonstrative pronoun because it takes the place of an implied noun, which in this case is ‘books’. We can change their places in the sentence like this-

I have those books, but I don’t have that one.

Now ‘those’ is the adjective, and ‘that’ is the pronoun. Notice that it feels more natural to add the word ‘one’ after a singular demonstrative pronoun (That or this). French has an equivalent. In French the demonstrative adjectives are Ce (Masculine), Cet (masculine in front of a vowel), Cette (Feminine) and Ces (Plural). The demonstrative pronouns are Celui (Masc singular), Celle (Fem singular), Ceux (masc plural), and Celles (Fem plural). let’s look at them in action-

J’ai ce livre, mais je n’ai pas ceux-là.

Livre is masculine and singular, so it takes the demonstrative adjective Ce. The demonstrative pronoun Ceux is replacing the noun Livres which is masculine and plural. Lastly, in this example sentence Ceux is followed by -là. Remember in the English how we said ‘that one’ instead of ‘that’? This is the French version.

French demonstrative pronouns must be used with-

-là or -ci, the difference between these two is as minuscule as the difference between ‘this’ and ‘that’. You can use them interchangeably and still be understood. Ex: J’ai celui-ci. I have this one. J’ai celui-là. I have that one.

Or a preposition. Ex: J’avais celui avant toi. I had that before you.

Or a dependent clause. Ex: De tous le livres, je préfére ceux qui sont court. Of all the books, I prefer those which are short.

Remember that when you are using demonstrative pronouns you must take into account the grammatical gender and number of the noun that you are replacing.

It would be correct to say ‘J’ai celui-là’ If I was talking about a book, but if I was talking about a candle I would need to say ‘J’ai celle-là’. This is because Livre is masculine, while Bougie is feminine.

I hope this helps! If you have questions, or want more examples, or found an error, please let me know!