No. 12 in French
ce
"Ce" is a demonstrative pronoun or adjective in French meaning "this" or "that."
In a sentence
Ce livre est intéressant.
This book is interesting.
Demonstrative pronoun 'ce' is used to indicate 'this' referring to the noun 'livre'.
Ce qu'il a dit est vrai.
What he said is true.
'Ce' is used as a neutral pronoun in 'ce que' to introduce a relative clause meaning 'what'.
C'est une bonne idée.
It is a good idea.
'Ce' is used as a neutral pronoun to refer to the following clause immediately after 'est' (construction for presenting or identifying).
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