Learn French: Nous préférons cette boulangerie.

Nous préférons cette boulangerie.

We prefer this bakery.

Breakdown of Nous préférons cette boulangerie.

nous

we / us (object pronoun)

Questions & Answers about Nous préférons cette boulangerie.

Why do we use cette here instead of ce?

Cette is the feminine singular word for "this" or "that". We use it here because boulangerie (bakery) is a feminine noun. If the noun were masculine, we would use ce (or cet before a vowel).

Is there a way to guess that boulangerie is feminine?

Yes! Nouns ending in -erie are almost always feminine in French. You will see this with other shop names too, like pâtisserie (pastry shop) or boucherie (butcher shop).

I thought the verb for "prefer" sometimes has a grave accent (è). Why is it préférons here?

Préférer is a spelling-change verb. For most subjects (like je préfère), the second accent changes to point backwards (è). But for nous and vous, it keeps the original forward-pointing accent (é) from the dictionary form.