"The boys and the girls are eating."

Translation: Les garçons et les filles mangent.

[JoeruJoeru]

Would, "Les garçons et les filles sont mangent" , be correct?

[georgeoftruth]

No. French does not have a continuous tense ("is/are" + ___ing). "Mangent" can be "eat" or "are eating." "Sont mangent" is not correct.

[JoeruJoeru]

Thanks for the information it was very helpful. I didn't know French didn't have a continuous tense; It would be cool if you didn't use such a ostentatious tone though.

[Mimimifimoi]

Yes, agreed, it is repetitive and unnecessary. In haste I made the same mistake as JoeruJoeru. I even knew better. Your comment "french does not have a continuous tense" helped to make sense of it all....merci georgeoftruth

[Cheryl258191]

Sont?? What s the point with the verbs in French if you still have to add an extra word for 'are'?

[Alex498861]

should it be las filles? thank you

[georgeoftruth]

"Las" is not a French article. All plural nouns take "les" as the definite article.

[Parth.L]

Why both "boys" and "girls" words are being used after same word "les" even if they both are of different genders as in French, gender are being treated uniquely?

[georgeoftruth]

There's only one plural definite article in French: LES. It is what it is. This is different from Spanish and Italian, where they have different articles for plural genders.

[Dr_Jimmy_Junior]

So, what is the difference between "mange " & "mangent"?
And why "Les garçons et les filles mange " isn't correct!?

[georgeoftruth]

"Mange" is for singular third person: "he", "she", "it".

"Mangent" is for plural third person: "they"

[KhalilRhn]

So how it should bee correct

[carmennyc]

They keep marking my answer as incorrect even when it matches the correct answer