Ce jeu est super.

Ce is a demonstrative adjective. It can mean either this or that in English, depending on context.

In Ce jeu est super, ce means this game or that game. French often does not make the this/that distinction as clearly as English does.

A few related forms are:

• ce before most masculine singular nouns: ce jeu
• cet before masculine singular nouns starting with a vowel or silent h: cet homme
• cette for feminine singular nouns: cette table
• ces for plural nouns: ces jeux

Because jeu is a masculine singular noun that starts with a consonant sound.

You use:

• ce
  • masculine singular noun starting with a consonant sound
• cet
  • masculine singular noun starting with a vowel sound or silent h

So:

• ce jeu = correct
• cet ami = correct
• cet hôtel = correct

Since jeu starts with the consonant sound j, it takes ce.

Jeu is masculine. That is why the sentence uses ce and not cette.

In French, noun gender is something you usually have to learn along with the noun itself. A good habit is to memorize nouns with their article:

• le jeu = the game

That makes it easier to remember that jeu is masculine.

Est is the third-person singular form of être (to be).

So:

• je suis = I am
• tu es = you are
• il/elle/on est = he/she/it is

In Ce jeu est super, the subject is ce jeu (this game), which is singular, so French uses est:

• Ce jeu est super = This game is great

In this sentence, super is not directly placed before the noun because it comes after the verb être.

Structure:

• Ce jeu = subject
• est = is
• super = adjective/complement

So the sentence works like:

• This game is great

This is different from putting an adjective directly before or after a noun inside a noun phrase.

For example:

• un super jeu = a great game

There, super directly describes jeu inside the noun phrase.

But in Ce jeu est super, it is part of the predicate after is.

Super is a very common informal adjective meaning:

• great
• really good
• awesome
• excellent

So Ce jeu est super is a natural, everyday way to say that the game is very good.

It is positive and common in spoken French. It is not especially formal.

Usually, super stays the same in everyday modern French.

So you can say:

• Ce jeu est super
• Cette idée est super
• Ces jeux sont super
• Elles sont super

In informal and standard modern usage, super is generally treated as invariable here.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

suh zhuh eh soo-pehr

More carefully in IPA, it is approximately:

/sə ʒø ɛ sypɛʁ/

A few pronunciation notes:

• ce sounds like suh with a very light vowel
• jeu has the French j sound, like the s in measure, plus the French vowel eu
• est sounds like eh
• super is pronounced roughly soo-pehr, not like the English super

Also, in normal speech, French speakers may link words smoothly, but there is no required liaison here between est and super.

It is neutral to informal because of super.

The grammar is completely normal, but super is an everyday, conversational word. In more formal French, you might also hear:

• Ce jeu est excellent.
• Ce jeu est très bon.
• Ce jeu est remarquable.

But Ce jeu est super is very natural in speech and casual writing.

Yes. C’est super is extremely common.

The difference is:

• Ce jeu est super = specifically This game is great
• C’est super = That’s great / It’s great

So if the game has already been mentioned, French speakers will often simply say C’est super.

Both are correct, but Ce jeu est super names the noun directly, while C’est super is more general.