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J'aime ce jean, je l'achète.

J'aime ce jean, je l'achète.
I like these jeans, I am buying them.
From Lesson 75:Which / what (quel)·French

Questions & Answers about J'aime ce jean, je l'achète.

Why does the French sentence use ce jean when the English translation says "these jeans"?
In English, "jeans" is treated as plural (a pair of jeans). However, in French, un jean is a singular masculine noun. Therefore, you must use the singular demonstrative adjective ce (meaning "this" or "that") rather than the plural ces.
Why is the pronoun l' used in je l'achète instead of a plural pronoun for "them"?
This goes back to jean being singular in French. You are literally saying "I am buying it." The direct object pronoun for a masculine singular noun is le, which drops its "e" and becomes l' because achète starts with a vowel.
How would I use the question word quel from this lesson to ask "Which jeans do you like?"
Because jean is masculine and singular, you need the masculine singular form of "which", which is quel. You could ask: Tu aimes quel jean ? (Which jeans do you like?).
Why does achète have an accent mark when the infinitive acheter (to buy) does not?
Acheter is a stem-changing verb. When we conjugate it for je, tu, il/elle, or ils/elles, the ending is silent. To make the word easier to pronounce, the first "e" changes to an "è" with a grave accent.

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