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Un endroit — the French Word for “a Place”

endroit vocabulary · demonstrative cet · adjective placement

« Cet endroit est joli ! » — this clip gives you endroit , the everyday word for a place, plus the demonstrative CET that goes with it.

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🎬 About this episode

« Cet endroit est joli ! » — this clip gives you endroit, the everyday word for a place, plus the demonstrative CET that goes with it.

🔊 Key phrases for this topic

Cet endroit est joli.This place is pretty.
C’est mon endroit préféré.It’s my favourite place.
Tu connais un bon endroit ?Do you know a good place?
Quel bel endroit !What a beautiful place!
On se retrouve au même endroit ?Meet at the same place?

🔑 The language point

  • endroit is masculine and starts with a vowel → ce becomes cet: cet endroit.
  • joli/beau BEFORE or after? joli follows here; beau goes before (un bel endroit) — see the adjectives lesson.
  • Synonyms: un lieu (more formal), un coin (a spot/corner — very spoken).
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