Ce roman transmet un sentiment de liberté.

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Breakdown of Ce roman transmet un sentiment de liberté.

• ce: this
• le sentiment: the feeling
• la liberté: the freedom

Questions & Answers about Ce roman transmet un sentiment de liberté.

Why is it Ce roman and not Cet roman or Cette roman?

Roman is a masculine singular noun meaning novel.

French demonstratives must agree with the noun they modify:

• ce
  • masculine singular noun starting with a consonant: ce roman, ce livre, ce film
• cet
  • masculine singular noun starting with a vowel or silent h: cet homme, cet arbre, cet hôtel
• cette
  • any feminine singular noun: cette histoire, cette chanson
• ces
  • any plural noun: ces romans, ces histoires

Since roman is masculine, starts with r (a consonant sound), and is singular, the correct form is ce roman.

What exactly does transmet mean here, and why not just use donne?