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Cette console est plus populaire que celle-là.

Cette console est plus populaire que celle-là.
This console is more popular than that one.
From Lesson 116:Comparative adjectives (plus... que)·French

Questions & Answers about Cette console est plus populaire que celle-là.

How do we form the "more... than" comparison in this sentence?
To compare things, French puts plus (more) before the adjective and que (than) after it. So "more popular than" translates perfectly to plus populaire que.
What is celle-là doing at the end of the sentence?
celle-là translates to "that one". We use it to avoid repeating the word console ("more popular than that console"). Because console is a feminine noun, we have to use the feminine pronoun celle.
What does the -là added to celle mean?
Adding -là points to something further away, specifically meaning "that one". If you wanted to compare it to a console right next to you ("this one"), you would change it to celle-ci.
Why does the sentence start with Cette instead of Ce?
Cette is the feminine version of "this" or "that". Since console is a feminine word, we must use Cette rather than the masculine Ce.

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