"This book is my son's."
Translation:Ce livre est celui de mon fils.
April 7, 2018
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In a possessive case like this one, "celui" refers to "le livre" in the form of a pronoun: the one of my son is what "celui de mon fils" literally means.
Since French does not have a possessive apostrophe-S, but a construction with "possession + de + owner", you have to learn this as something to remember.
AmineHadji1
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Is your question about the difference between celui, celle, ceux and celles? Or is it about when to use Pronoms démonstratifs (Demonstrative pronouns) in general?