Ce type est gentil.

This guy is kind.

Breakdown of Ce type est gentil.

• être: to be
• ce: this
• gentil: kind
• le type: the guy

Questions & Answers about Ce type est gentil.

What does ce mean here?

Here, ce means this or that before a masculine singular noun.

In ce type est gentil, ce is a demonstrative adjective: it points to a specific person.

• ce type = this guy / that guy

It is used before a masculine singular noun that starts with a consonant.

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Why is it ce type est and not c’est type?

Because ce is doing two different jobs in those two patterns.

In ce type est gentil:

• ce is a demonstrative adjective
• it goes directly before the noun type

So:

• ce type = this/that guy

By contrast, c’est is a contraction of ce + est, and ce there is a pronoun, not an adjective.

You can say:

• C’est un type gentil = He’s a nice guy / That’s a nice guy

But you cannot say:

• c’est type ❌

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