The verb être means to be.
Here's how to say I am and you are in French:
Note that the verb form changes depending on who is acting.
Remember that in French, to say you, you will use either:
- tu to address one person you know well, i.e. informal and singular
- vous to address a group of people, i.e. plural OR one person in a professional context, or that you don't know well, i.e. formal and singular
Here's a link to the full conjugation of être in Présent indicatif:
Conjugate être in Le Présent (present tense)
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Bill
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20/03/19
Bill
Kwiziq community member
20/03/19
« Pardonne-moi » ! Je déteste quand je fais des erreurs, mais c’est mieux de faire des erreurs que de ne pas de tout écrire, non ?
Cécile
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20/03/19
Bonjour Bill,
Dans cette exemple, le verbe doit s'accorder avec 'tout le monde';
'surtout les jeunes' est presque entre parenthèses, et le sujet principal est 'tout le monde' qui est singulier donc,
est
est correct...
Bonne continuation!
Bill
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20/03/19
Merci Cécile et bonne journée !
Michelle
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18/03/19
As for "Vous êtes qui?", I don't know what this kind of question is called. It's not an est-ce question or an inversion question, but it's fairly typical. Pronoun--verb--question word.
That's just the syntax of French is this case. Maybe it helps you to think of "Vous êtes qui?" as "You are who?"
Actually "Vous êtes Mme Lupin", could be a question as well. You would simply have to raise your voice at the end of the sentence to make it one or place a question mark behind it when writing. We sometimes do this in English. For example, if someone tells you something that seems surprising you might say "It is?" or "You do?"
There are other types of questions, but I won't get into them as you just started learning French two weeks ago.
I hope this helps.
Cécile
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23/03/19
Vous avez une question John?
Chris
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19/02/18
Would you like to pose a question and, if so, what is it?
-- Chris.
Chris
Kwiziq community member
5/02/18
Yes, that seems correct to me.
-- Chris (not a native speaker).
Chris
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30/10/17
Laura
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1/11/17
Aurélie
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25/10/17
Bonjour Nigel !
I love Magritte, what a great artist!
However, here's how we would say :
C'est une pipe ? Non, c'est une peinture (a painting) / un-e peintre (a painter).
Have a look at our related lesson:
https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/when-to-use-cest-or-il-est-elle-est-to-say-it-is
Bonne journée !
EBR
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16 June 2019
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Pardon spelling, I meant to say conjuated.