"That girl looks like a boy."

Translation: Cette fille ressemble à un garçon.

[RichardBro101788]

Why is it "cette fille" and not "ca fille"?

[Sitesurf]

"ça" is a pronoun, meaning "that thing". You cannot use it as a determiner.

[Ripcurlgirl]

Cette is the feminine demonstrative adjective that means "that or this" and fille is a feminine noun meaning "girl" hence
"That girl ..." = Cette fille ....

See: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/fr/Demonstratives-1

[jhgfds1]

problematic duolingo

[Virgilio_Lauro]

that's a classy coment! the best for flirting

[Lingo-Geek]

why can't we say " cette fille semble être un garçon "

[Sitesurf]

to look like = ressembler à

sembler être = to seem/appear to be

[ThinkerXT]

Please why "Cette fille là ressemble à un garçon." is not accepted? And if we change "that" by "this" what would change in the translation?

[Krauze_Emaan]

why isn't "cette fille regarder à un garçon" accepted ?

[Sitesurf]

« To look like » is not « to look at ».

To look like = ressembler à.
To look at = regarder.

That girl looks like a boy = cette fille ressemble à un garçon.
That girl looks at a boy = cette fille regarde un garçon.