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The verb être is an irregular verb in the present tense.
Listen carefully to its forms in the present. Do you hear the liaison or linking in the pronunciation
of the -s in the vous form?
It is pronounced as a /z/ to link with the vowel ê in êtes.
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| être 'to be' |
| je suis 'I am' |
nous sommes 'we are' |
| tu es 'you are' |
vous êtes 'you are' |
| il/elle/on est 'he/she/one is' |
ils/elles sont 'they are' |
| past participle: été |
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| Edouard: Mais non, Joe-Bob, tu n'es pas un tatou! |
Edouard: But no, Joe-Bob, you are not an armadillo! |
| Tex est un tatou. Tex et Tammy sont des tatous. |
Tex is an armadillo. Tex and Tammy are armadillos. |
| Toi et moi, nous ne sommes pas des tatous. |
You and I, we are not armadillos. |
| Toi, tu es un écureuil et moi, je suis un escargot, un escargot français. |
You are a squirrel and I am a snail, a French snail. |
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C'est (plural Ce sont) is a common expression used to describe and introduce people or things.
See c'est vs. il/elle est for more information.
Etre is also used as an auxiliary in compound tenses (passé
composé with être, passé
composé of pronominal verbs, plus-que-parfait, etc.)
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