I never get tired of comments like that :D I could never teach English (my native language) with this enthusiasm so I quit a few months in. You're doing such a necessary job over in Chile. Keep it up!

I do my best :)

You're welcome David. It's been rattling around my list of ideas for 5 years, so it takes a lot of time for the complex to be able to be simplified into a video. So glad that it helped!

Merci !

Oh, merci :)

Merci pour la précision précieuse !

Kinda the same. "ici" is less used than "là" when both can be used in the same effect. I'm not sure in what circumstances it happened, but using "ici" or "ci" is a bit more formal. Nothing drastic, but if you can use both, "là" feels a bit less formal.

So glad it could help you out Neil :)

You're very welcome and thank you coming out of the shadows to leave a message that makes my day better :) Bonne continuation !

I'm so glad!

So much detail in number 3. Excellent. 1. Je veux celui que tu as eu hier. 2. Correct.

De rien Philip !

Bravo !

Excellent. Bravo Donna.

Thanks for the insight Tim. I need to learn to read the phonetic alphabet. It seems so useful in pronunciation.

A Nancy, en Lorraine, dans le nord-est de la France, nous faisons bien la distinction entre /sə/ pour ce et /sø/ pour ceux. D'une manière générale, les Belges, les Suisses, les Français du Nord-Est et les Canadiens, sont plus conservateurs en matière de prononciation que les Parisiens ou les Français du Centre et de l'Ouest. De même, nous prononçons également un parfum [œ̃ paʁ.fœ̃] et non pas, comme à Paris [ɛ̃ paʁ.fɛ̃]. J'ai remarqué, quand je travaillais à Paris, étant plus jeune, que les natifs de la capitale étaient incapables de distinguer les deux phonèmes œ̃ et ɛ̃. Je leur faisais répéter pour rire un peu " il s'est mis plein de parfum" [plɛ̃ d paʁ.fœ̃] et ils disaient [plɛ̃ d paʁ.fɛ̃]. En tout cas, Alex est très pédago et je suis sûr que ses vidéos seront bien utiles à tous les anglophones désirant se perfectionner en français. Avant, je ne me rendais pas compte à quel point notre langue peut, parfois, être si subtile et compliquée pour les non-natifs.😀

No i haven't. I don't understand the nuances that well, but as with "-là" here, it's usually the one preferred in casual speech, even if "ci" makes more grammatical sense. "Je suis là !" = I am here / there. Very rare that someone says "ici" for that. So, I'd apply the same logic to your example.

This is what I was thinking because of my observations. Thanks.@@FrenchinPlainSight

1. celui 2. the one/the girl 3. What I was looking for was: there are two things and both are feminine.

Even when I make mistakes I still learn! Merci!@@FrenchinPlainSight

@@bamboolaceway When you write "Je voudrais celui-ci" it means that you are showing directly the object you want to get, "Je voudrais celui que j'ai eu hier" is less accurate so it means that you do not have this object in front of you. Celui-ci is used to insist on the fact that you see it, you can grab it easily because you and it are in the same place, same room, on present. You can use "celui-ci" ou "celle-ci" to talk about someone you're reminding to make understand that you pick up that person/object from past to present just like you had it/the person with you in the same room or place : "Il était magnifique celui-ci" It was magnificent this one ! talking about an object you saw in a shop/store and you considered to be very beautiful and you're trying to grab it on present time

Thank you. It can be challenging to understand the nuances, I appreciate you explaining it. @@JL-qt1nb

Hey. I was simply saying that the variations with -là are more common. As for single v multiples, not sure what I meant, now that I listen back, haha. Good catch. If you're trying to learn French quickly, worrying about these fine details is something to stay away from. I couldn't help myself and it took me way longer. But, the upside is now I know the language in detail so I can teach it.

What would it look like? I hoped the list would be enough but I always want to know how to make things clearer.

They are closer to synonyms of "celui-ci", "celui-là" etc because they represent specific things. "Celui" and "celle" cannot exist on their own (as far as I know). However, I don't yet have the language to tell you the difference between cela, ceci & -ci, -là. Sorry. I'll have to let it rattle around my brain and spend more time in the language to distinguish the nuances.

Ok actually I can have a stab at it. Ceci is very rarely used though. I hear it in the bakery "avec ceci ?" to ask "anything else?" and I see it on formal signs, but very rarely in conversation. Cela is the formal form of "ça". "Ça" you wouldn't use when there's a choice between 2 things, in my experience.

Watch again :D

Merci Anne ! Correction: C'est vraiment ce dont j'ai besoin.

Can you find the timestamp for me?

do you are saying that you have to remove the l sound and pronounce it as sui la instead? that's already 2x more difficult!!! ;_;. but i could see why if they remove the l sound as it takes more time of putting your tongue placement on your roof of your mouth

Go slow. You need to use it. Just say celui and you're speaking correct French :)