"Ceux que je portais hier étaient à ma mère."

Translation: The ones I was wearing yesterday were my mother's.

[Sonorus702246]

"Those that I was wearing yesterday were my mother's" should be accepted. Does it really make sense to turn the word "one" into a plural noun? Sorry, this is not the way I was raised to speak English

[Juju816040]

Absolutely. "The ones" is poor English.

[Sonorus702246]

I cringe every time I have to write "the ones" to complete this and similar exercises.

[pakjim]

In a "type what you hear" exercise, this could be "Ce que je portais heir était à ma mère." But it does make more sense to say "the one that I wore yesterday..." rather than "what I wore yesterday...."

[MichelLemoine123]

"...hier..." not "heir"

[--Roody--]

Context is very important here.

Also, ce and ceux sound a little different, even though it's hard for us learners to hear it.

[pakjim]

Agreed. But at normal speaking speed, I couldn't tell a difference until the 3rd or 4th time, focusing just on that.
Thanks!

[aussie3931]

Hard for we learners....:-)

[tsevon]

"Ce que je portais heir était à ma mère." is now accepted in "type what you hear".

[MichelLemoine123]

"...hier..." not "heir"

[Rolf383322]

Dear Duo, CEUX in English means THOSE... ..

[BillyNil]

"those that I wore yesterday were my mom's" was not accepted. Maybe it is too informal?

[b_adger]

Yes, "mum/mom" = maman

[Sonorus702246]

Better: "Those that I was wearing yesterday were my mother's" ; use of "the ones" is a usage that is colloquial but ugly in written language

[aussie3931]

"The ones' is ugly English. Should be 'Those that I was wearing...'

[AdelaDvila]

"The ones that I was wearing yesterday used to belong to my mother" MEANS THE SAME THING! Doedn't it???

[aussie3931]

The French sentence doesn't include 'belong to' but I agree that the meaning is the same.

[xaoisora]

"The ones I was wearing yesterday were belonging to my mother" was marked wrong, am I doing an error here?

[Ishay40hours]

were belonging sounds odd to me in this case. Perhaps belonged would work?

[GrahamNdP]

"belonged" is accepted! :)

[SheilaBurt2]

Those I was wearing yesterday was not accepted. It is equally correct English.

[oNcPAsW2]

"Those" is seriously better than "the ones". "Wore" is as valid as "was wearing" - better because more succinct and because there is no interruption, express or implied of the act of wearing. Presumably, they still belong toMother?

[envacance]

Is this supposed to mean that they are no longer my mother's?

[Ernst557459]

Or maybe mum put 'the ones' in the incinerator: mon enfant ne s'est pas lavé depuis six mois?