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Je préfère ce gateau-ci à celui-là.

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je
     1. pron. I
préfère
     1. v. first-person singular present of préférer
     2. v. third-person singular present of préférer
     3. v. second-person singular imperative of préférer
     préférer
          1. v. to prefer
ce
     1. det. this, that
     2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below)
     3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that
gateau
ci
     1. adv. here
     2. adv. this
à
     1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː.
     2. prep. to (destination)
     3. prep. to (until)
     4. prep. on the, to (some directions)
     5. prep. at (said of a particular time)
     6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place)
     7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations
     8. prep. from (origin)
     9. prep. of (belonging to)
     10. prep. till, until (used in farewells)
     11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with
     12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for
     13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed)
     14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective
     15. prep. by
     16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number)
     17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb.
     18. prep. with
celui
     1. pron. the one
     1. adv. referring to physical place
     2. adv.          there
     3. adv.          here; present (used with être)
     4. adv. (referring to an abstract destination or goal); there




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