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Est-ce que cet hôtel est cher ?

Est-ce que cet hôtel est cher ?
Is this hotel expensive?
From Lesson 26:Demonstrative adjectives (ce, cet, cette, ces)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce que cet hôtel est cher ?

Why do we use cet instead of ce before hôtel?
The word hôtel is masculine, so you might expect to use ce (meaning "this" or "that"). However, because hôtel starts with a silent 'h', it acts like a vowel sound. In French, we change ce to cet before masculine words starting with a vowel or silent 'h' to avoid two vowel sounds clashing.
Do I pronounce the 't' in cet hôtel?
Yes, you do! Because hôtel starts with a silent 'h', you link the 't' from cet directly to the 'o' sound. It sounds like "seh-toh-tel". This smooth connection (called a liaison) is the exact reason we use cet here instead of ce.
Why does this sentence use Est-ce at the beginning, but then cet and est again later?
It looks repetitive, but they are doing different jobs! Est-ce que is a fixed question block you put at the start of a sentence to ask a yes/no question (it literally means "is it that"). The rest of the sentence, cet hôtel est cher, is the actual statement you are asking about: "this hotel is expensive".
Does the word for expensive (cher) change if I'm talking about something else?
Yes! Adjectives in French must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because hôtel is masculine, we use the masculine form cher. If you were asking about a feminine word, like a house (une maison), you would use the feminine form chère: Est-ce que cette maison est chère ?

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