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Cet article est long.

Cet article est long.
This article is long.
FromLesson 18inHardcore French
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Breakdown of Cet article est long.

être
to be
long
long
cet
this
l'article
the article
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“How does grammatical gender work in French?”
Every French noun is either masculine or feminine, and this affects the articles and adjectives used with it. "Le" is used with masculine nouns and "la" with feminine ones. Adjectives also change form to match — for example, "petit" (masc.) becomes "petite" (fem.).

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Questions & Answers about Cet article est long.

Why is the sentence starting with cet instead of ce?
Cet is the masculine singular demonstrative adjective used before a vowel or mute h. Since article is masculine singular and begins with a vowel sound, we use cet rather than ce.
When would we use ce, cet, cette, or ces?

• ce before masculine singular nouns starting with a consonant (ce livre)
• cet before masculine singular nouns starting with a vowel or mute h (cet homme)
• cette before all feminine singular nouns (cette table)
• ces before all plural nouns, both masculine and feminine (ces idées)

Why is the adjective long not longue?
Adjectives in French agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Article is masculine singular, so the adjective uses its masculine form long. Longue would be the feminine singular form.
Why is est used here, and could it be confused with et?
Est is the third-person singular present of être (to be), meaning is. Et, without an s, means and. They are pronounced similarly but have different spellings and functions.
Is there anything special about the position of long in the sentence?
Most French adjectives follow the noun they modify. Here long comes after article. Only a handful of common adjectives (often remembered by the acronym BAGS: Beauty, Age, Goodness, Size) typically precede the noun.
How do you pronounce cet article est long?

In IPA: [sɛt aʁ.tikl ɛ lɔ̃].
– cet: [sɛt]
– article: [aʁ.tikl]
– est: [ɛ]
– long: [lɔ̃] (the ng ending makes a nasal vowel, no pronounced g)