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Cette boîte a six faces.

Cette boîte a six faces.
This box has six sides.
From Lesson 92:Complex prepositions of location (près de, à côté de)·French

Questions & Answers about Cette boîte a six faces.

The current lesson is about 'en face de'. How does the word faces here relate to that?
In this sentence, faces means the physical sides or faces of a 3D object like a box. The preposition en face de (opposite) literally translates to 'in face of' or 'facing the side of.' It is a great reminder that many complex French prepositions are built from everyday physical nouns!
How do I pronounce six in this sentence?
Because six is directly followed by a word starting with a consonant (faces), the 'x' is completely silent. You pronounce it like 'see', not 'sees' or 'seez'.
Why do we use Cette instead of Ce for 'This'?
Cette is the feminine singular word for 'this' or 'that'. Because boîte (box) is a feminine noun, we must use Cette. If the noun were masculine, you would use Ce (or Cet if it started with a vowel).
Why doesn't a have an accent mark here, like it does in à côté de?
Here, a is the verb avoir (to have) conjugated for 'it has'. The word à with a grave accent is the preposition meaning 'to' or 'at' (used in phrases like à côté de). They sound exactly the same, but the accent tells you whether it is a verb or a preposition.

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