Describe people: 'être' 1st and 2nd persons plural and regular plural adjectives | French

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Match the French and the English.
- chanter
  
  ⇔
  
  to sing ✓
- étudier
  
  ⇔
  
  to study ✓
- jouer
  
  ⇔
  
  to play ✓
- élève
  
  ⇔
  
  pupil ✓
- histoire
  
  ⇔
  
  story ✓
- ensemble
  
  ⇔
  
  together ✓
Match the French and the English.
- ciel
  
  ⇔
  
  sky ✓
- rêve
  
  ⇔
  
  dream ✓
- vague
  
  ⇔
  
  wave ✓
- rouge
  
  ⇔
  
  red ✓
- vert
  
  ⇔
  
  green ✓
- jaune
  
  ⇔
  
  yellow ✓
What do these words have in common? Fruit, radio, couleur, poème, poète, bleu.
- They are cognates, they look and sound similar to English words. ✓
- They are all verbs.
- They are all adjectives.
- They have the exact same spelling as English words.
Choose the correct translation: C'est bleu comme le ciel.
- It is red like the sand.
- It is a blue sky.
- It is red sand.
- It is blue like the sky. ✓
The verb être: match the pronouns with the correct verbs.
- je
  
  ⇔
  
  suis ✓
- tu
  
  ⇔
  
  es ✓
- il, elle
  
  ⇔
  
  est ✓
Translate: She is short.
- 'Elle est petite.' ✓

Which words have the [e] sound?
- samedi ✓
- cheval ✓
- règle
- chanter
- petit ✓
Match the French and the English.
- le frère
  
  ⇔
  
  brother ✓
- la sœur
  
  ⇔
  
  sister ✓
- sage
  
  ⇔
  
  well-behaved ✓
- ouvert
  
  ⇔
  
  open ✓
- jeune
  
  ⇔
  
  young ✓
Choose the correct translation of you are (plural).
- je suis
- tu es
- il est
- nous sommes
- vous êtes ✓
Choose the correct translation of you are (singular).
- je suis
- tu es ✓
- elle est
- nous sommes
- vous êtes
Add the correct adjective ending: Elle est ouvert_.
- 'e' ✓
Add the correct adjective ending: Nous sommes ouvert_.
- 's' ✓

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The SSC [e] is pronounced as in the word 'je'.
'Nous sommes' and 'vous êtes' are the 1st and 2nd persons plural of the verb 'être', to be, being.
Adjectives often add -e in the feminine form, this is regular adjective gender agreement.
Adjectives often add -s as the regular marker in the plural form.

Adjectives do not change spelling based on gender or number, as in English.

Adjectives do change spelling based on gender or number, for example: un chien amusant, deux tortues amusantes.

[e] - pronounced as in 'je'
être - irregular French verb meaning to be, being
Nous sommes - from the verb être meaning we are
Vous êtes - from the verb être meaning you are (plural)
Adjective agreement - when the ending of an adjective matches the noun it describes in gender and number