"The cow is black."

Translation: La vache est noire.

[ChanderG]

Is 'noire' for female and 'noir' for male?

[wiredpsyche]

Yes.

[ThommyTerneborn]

Merci beaucoup.

[TrentNock]

Does anyone know if these are pronounced the same ?

[lucyrobins26]

I think they are.

[Akanji2]

'es' means 'are'. It is only used with 'Tu'.

'est' means 'is'. It is used with 'il / elle and all singular nouns.

[nickmack]

Why is "La vache est noire" with an E at the end of "noire" wrong?!

[Yaya464450]

Thats not wrong

[RDO741812]

Right!!! Twice now i have put an e at the end...and still wrong

[Ivone42]

A vaca é preta

[ChanderG]

Thanks

[CristinaCajulao]

why "la vache est noir" is wrong?!?!?!

[livia94350]

You need an "e" at the end of noir (noire) to make it feminine

[JeffreyD.]

because 'la vache' is feminine so you add an 'e' to the adjective. If you are trying to describe something as black like 'le livre' (the book) it would be 'le livre noir' because it is masculine.

[SamsonTheSavage]

I got that too, frustrating...

[kambhebele2015]

What is the difference between es and est?

[pattiefied]

Es = are
Est = is

[RoryLowdon]

There is no page with an explanation of noir, noire la le Il and how they interract etc. It's really hard to learn it like this unless you have an ecceptional memory.

[User199857]

It says that 'noire' can be either noir/noire, so I did 'noir' and I got it wrong.

[JeffreyD.]

Curiosity question! I was watching a movie on Netflix yesterday which allows French subtitles (further learning tool for me). One of the movie characters yells out "Fu** me" and the subtitle said 'La Vache'....I actually had to rewind it to double check. Can 'La Vache' be considered a profanity in that manner in France?

[Galle643361]

A mild profanity, yes.

[000182960]

I picked one that was same as the answer! But duolingo says I am wrong… What happened?