Learn French: Ce chat est très mignon.

Ce chat est très mignon.

This cat is very cute.

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Questions & Answers about Ce chat est très mignon.

Since the current lesson is about feminine adjectives, how would I say this if it were a female cat?

You would use the feminine form, mignonne. Because the masculine adjective mignon ends in -on, you double the final consonant and add an -e. The whole sentence for a female cat would be: Cette chatte est très mignonne.

I always mix up "ce", "cette", and "ça". Why do we use "ce" here?

Ce means "this" or "that" and is used directly before masculine singular nouns like chat. If the noun were feminine, you would use cette. Ça is a pronoun meaning "that thing" (like in ça va or c'est ça), but it is never placed directly in front of a noun.

Are the "t"s at the end of "chat" and "est" pronounced?

No, the final "t" in both chat and est is completely silent here. You would only pronounce the "t" in est if the following word started with a vowel sound (this is called a liaison), but très starts with a consonant.

How do I pronounce the "gn" in "mignon"?

The gn combination in French makes a nasal sound that is very similar to the "ny" in the English word "canyon" or the "ni" in "onion". You do not pronounce it as a hard "g" sound.