Learning objective
Use être to say who someone is and how they are.
Use être to say who someone is and how they are.
Lesson notes
- Être is irregular, so learn its forms rather than adding a regular ending.
- Use the subject pronoun with the matching form.
Useful words
je suisI am
tu esyou are (informal)
il / elle esthe / she is
nous sommeswe are
vous êtesyou are (polite/plural)
ils / elles sontthey are
Examples
Je suis élève.I am a student.
Elles sont contentes.They are happy.
Learning content and practice questions are original starter drafts for teacher review. The supplied syllabus PDF provides topic names and short descriptions.