"Nous sommes des enfants."

Translation: We are children.

[Devil_mike]

if we are children and we are some children then "we are the children" should be ok ;_;

[codeexcited]

but this sentence is not definitive, we are children, but we may not be the specific children in question

[penguinlover456]

LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

[ndrmnl]

Why should I say "Nous sommes des enfants", and not "Nous sommes enfants"?

[Remy]

In French, there is almost always an article before a noun.

Here, "des" is an indefinite article.

"Des" often implies there is no article before the noun in English, but it can be translated into "some".

• For example, "Nous sommes des enfants" translates into "We are children".

[Angel831279]

I typed "We are the children.", and got the answer is "We are some children." Just what kind of sentence is this?

[Remy]

We just fixed this error: "Nous sommes des enfants" translates to "We are children". Thanks!

[penguinlover456]

I love you Remy! :-*

[caioassumpcao]

still wrong on the phrase "nous sommes des femmes" which shows "we are some women", which confused me because now i dont know whether i should add some or not :l

[Frida384410]

I had a sudden urge to write "we are beans" instead of the real translation

[PrathyushaR]

If some men can be somme hommes and some women can be sont femmes, why is somme enfants wrong?Why sommes?

[Remy]

Here, the subject is the pronoun "nous" (1st person plural). The 1st person plural of verb "être" is "sommes".

In similar sentences, "sommes" would be used with "hommes", "femmes" and "enfants":

• Nous sommes des hommes.

• Nous sommes des femmes.

• Nous sommes des enfants.

[penguinlover456]

Thats very helpful. Thank you 'Remy'

[kiransingh961891]

Why 'des'??
Earlier it was les hommes, les femmes, les enfants.
What is different???

[PushandPull]

How do you differentiate sont front sommes when they basically have the same function.

[ndrmnl]

Well, they correspond to two different grammatical persons: 'sont' correspond to they (ils) - ils sont - and 'sommes' correspond to we (nous) - nous sommes.

We don't differentiate these persons in English - we speak both 'they are' and 'we are' - but in French such difference exists. The many conjugations of the verb 'être' (to be) - 'suis', 'es', 'est', 'sommes' and 'sont' - should be distinguished in the same way 'am', 'is' and 'are' are distinguished.

[JJmarx422]

i said that they could have access to my microphone, but it turns out... i dont have one so i have to skip all of them XD

[madelin935456]

If you included "des" it is "some children" so I think its correct

[aliminoo1]

Whats a different between children and kids

[JasonV54721]

We are kids should be accepted.

[kiransingh961891]

Earlier it was les enfants and now des enfants, what is different between these two????

[sarwarjahan1]

Correct: We are children.

Another way is : "Nous sommes les enfants" which means We are the Children.

Is there any other ways you can make some more sentence friends.

[PeterHorva14]

Why we are kids is not correct i wonder