French · Chapter 17 · Lesson 8 · Grammar primer
Demonstrative pronouns: celui, celle, ceux
celui / celle / ceux / celles for 'the one(s)', completed by -ci / -la, by de + noun (celui de Marc), or by a relative clause (celui qui parle), plus the neuter ceci / cela / ca.
The short version
Celui can never stand on its own
Celui, celle, ceux and celles are grammatically unfinished. Each has to be completed by -ci or -là, by de plus a noun, or by a relative clause. Je veux celui is broken; celui-ci, celui de Marc and celui qui parle are all fine. French has no possessive apostrophe, so celui de does the job of English 's.
Ce n'est pas mon problème, c'est celui de mon frère.
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