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Introduces a complementary <abbr name="proposition, en grammaire française">clause</abbr>.  It is very similar to the French word ''que'' in function if not in form.  One notable exception is in comparisons where English uses ''[[than]]'' and ''[[as]]''.
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Introduces a complementary <abbr name="proposition en grammaire française">clause</abbr>.  It is very similar to the French word ''que'' in function if not in form.  One notable exception is in comparisons where English uses ''[[than]]'' and ''[[as]]'' rather than [[that]].

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Demonstrative Determiner / Pronoun

That is a demonstrative determiner, it allows you to explain which N you are talking about: that car, that broken cup, that one.

-ci -là
celle
celui
this one that one
celles
ceux
these (ones) those (ones)

Subordinating conjunction / complementizer

Introduces a complementary clause. It is very similar to the French word que in function if not in form. One notable exception is in comparisons where English uses than and as rather than that.