Learn French: Ces placards sont spacieux, je les utilise souvent. - These cupboards are spacious, I use them often.

Ces placards sont spacieux, je les utilise souvent.

These cupboards are spacious, I use them often.

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Questions & Answers about Ces placards sont spacieux, je les utilise souvent.

Why is les placed before utilise instead of after it like in English?

In French, direct object pronouns like les (them) usually go directly before the verb they belong to. So instead of saying I use them, you say I them use (je les utilise).

Does les mean them for both masculine and feminine things?

Yes! While le is for a masculine it and la is for a feminine it, the plural pronoun les (them) is used for all plural nouns, regardless of their gender. Here, it replaces the masculine plural ces placards.

Why do we use ces to mean these?

Ces is the plural form of the pointing word (demonstrative adjective) for this, that, these, and those. You use ces before any plural noun, whether it is masculine or feminine. The singular versions are ce, cet, and cette.

Why does spacieux end in an x? Is that a plural ending?

Spacieux is a masculine adjective that naturally ends in an x even in its singular form. Because it already ends in x, its spelling doesn't change when describing a plural masculine noun like placards.

Why is placed after the verb?