Tel Telle Tels Telles French Adjective and Pronoun

The French word tel can be a qualifying adjective, an indefinite adjective, or an indefinite pronoun, and is also used in a number of expressions and conjunctions, making it an extremely versatile and useful French word.Tel has four forms, because it has to agree in gender and number with the noun it replaces - see table below.Tel has several different meanings depending on how it is used. Qualifying adjective When used as a qualifying adjective, tel expresses one of two things:1. Similarity  Ã‚  Ã‚  Elle a pleurà © tel un enfant.  Ã‚  Ã‚  She cried like a child.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Tel pà ¨re, tel fils.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Like father, like son.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Je nai jamais rien vu de tel.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ive never seen anything like it.2. Intensity  Ã‚  Ã‚  Est-ce vraiment dune telle importance  ?  Ã‚  Ã‚  Is it really so important?  Ã‚  Ã‚  Il y avait un tel bruit que javais peur.  Ã‚  Ã‚  There was such a [loud] noise that I was afraid.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Une telle patience à ©tait nà ©cessaire.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Such [endless] patience was necessary. Indefinite adjective​ As an indefinite adjective, tel indicates undesignated people or things. In this sense, tel is more or less equivalent to nimporte:  Ã‚  Ã‚  Telle personne peut le faire.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Anyone can do it.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Tel ou tel professeur vous dira la mà ªme chose.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Any teacher will tell you the same thing.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Il y a tel restaurant oà ¹ on peut manger à   minuit.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Theres some restaurant where you can eat at midnight.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Demandez-lui oà ¹ il à ©tait à   telle heure.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Ask him where he was at such-and-such a time. Indefinite pronoun​ Tel is nearly always singular when used as an indefinite pronoun and means one, someone, etc. However, tel is not often used as a pronoun; other indefinite pronouns like certain or quelquun are more commonly used in its place:  Ã‚  Ã‚  Tel de ces livres vaut beaucoup.  Ã‚  Ã‚  One of these books is worth a lot.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Tel sera daccord, tel autre ne le sera pas.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Someone will agree, someone else wont.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Tel ou tel vous dira que cest une mauvaise idà ©e.  Ã‚  Ã‚  Somebody or other will tell you that its a bad idea. Singular Plural Masculine tel tels Feminine telle telles Related words and expressions tel point que so much so that telle(s) enseigne(s) que so much so that de telle faon/manire in such a way de telle sorte que so that tel que like, just as tel quel as is tel ou tel any, such and such, somebody or other tellement (adverb) so, so much ne... pas tellement not so, not as ne... plus tellement not anymore, no longer (il ny a) rien de tel que theres nothing like Untel, Unetelle (M./Mme Untel/Untelle) so-and-so (John/Jane Doe, Mr./Mrs. X)