"We are rich."
Translation:Nous sommes riches.
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The adjectives accord in gender and number with the name that carries them.
"Riche" is the same for masculine and feminine form, but when it's plural, it takes an "s".
Je suis riche / Il est riche / Elle est riche / Nous sommes riches / Ils-Elles sont riches
Dont forget femine plural ends with an es while masculine plural ends with a s
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unitatos- I don't understand what you mean. riche is the same for plural, feminine and masculine. riche(s)
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untied- with vous : vous êtes riche for you formal, one person. vous êtes riches for many persons.
Riche is an adjective look it up on a French dictionary feminine for riche is richesse meaning Wealth and is a noun féminine
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mimin- very wrong, riche is a masculine adjective and is also feminine, riche. l'homme est riche, la femme est riche. Richesse is a noun, which means wealth, you'right on that point , but it isn't the feminine of riche, riche can be both genders.
exactly im a 6th grader im learning French by choice but y is it soo difficult no one is forcing me but I still want 2 do it :(
well I'm a 5th grader and I'm doing this by choice and I think it is easier SAID then done!! :)
Im a 7th grader, and this is very easy this is the first language I have learned...
I'm a grade 6 too. I am learning online out of my own free will. I like this app because it makes it easier to remember all the basics... :-)
Same here i am also trying to do spanish and posibly manderin (chineese) though i am in the 5th i hope i will be prepared.
Im in 6th grade too, but i think its kinda easy. Probably because it isnt the first language ive tried to learn.
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I'm also a proud French learner, and even at 11 years old I still don't need to be told to study.
Actually, if you use the OTHER "We" (on) and say "On est" (we are), you don't have to say "Riches", you only have to say "Riche" If that was confusing:
WE ARE RICH: On est riche Nous sommes riches
In an easier explanation; if the sentence consists of many things like we, us, man, and woman, you would need the "s" in "riche". If the sentence consists of a single thing like me, I, man, and woman, you wouldn't need an "s" in "riche".
because it "nous" that means theres several of u and the same thing with "les"& "des" example: je mange des bonbons. It's just how french works Trust me. Ma famille est Francophone et je va à une école française
"ons" is the normal conjugate ending for "we", but here, as in English, the verb to be/être is irregular, and the form for "we are" is "nous sommes". Danser (to dance): nous dansons (we dance) Être (to be): nous sommes (we are)
I don't understand why you use 'sommes' instead of 'sont'. Can someone please explain? Is it because 'nous' is plural?
Because that's the appropriate from of the verb ÊTRE with the pronoun NOUS: Présent: je suis; tu es; il est; nous sommes; vous êtes; ils sont
The rule is Je :SUIS Tu :ES Il, Elle, On, and Qui :EST Nous :SOMMES Vous :ETES Ils, and Elles :SONT
Je suis, tu es , il/elle/on est (not Qui), nous sommes, vous êtes, ils/elles sont
It's gonna be complicated at first if your native language is not one originated from the same root as french wich is latin. Such as english, german or japanese.
It's not complicate if you understand and memorize the rules and apply them, they are always the same here. The adjective has to follow the gender and the number of the noun in everycase. So, "we" is plural, "calm" must be plural.
Remember. Nous sommes riche= can't be said, because "nous" is several person. So, the correct and logic way to write it is: Nous sommes riches.
The person it is conjugated to. Sont belongs with Ils/elles=They and sommes belong with Nous=We.
Please, try to learn person and verb form as a unit, not just separate words. That is, try to learn "je suis"="I am", not "je"="I" and "suis"="am" because otherwise it will be difficult to tell all the "ares" apart!
je suis=I am
tu es= you are
il est=he/it is
elle est=she/it is
on est=one is
nous sommes=we are
vous êtes=you are
ils sont=they are
elles sont=they are
You could put for ils sont-they are (male) and elles sont-they are (female) so is not confusing when people speaking to a Parisian because non - French speaker will think is the same meaning but different way saying it
When I pressed the button to show to forms of "sommes" which was indicate as the translation of "are", I got as a result the forms of both the words "sommer" and "e^tre". But when I looked on the internet the word "sommer" actually means something like "add up to; urge; admonish", which doesn't have anything to do with the word "are". Am I missing some connection or is it an error?
You're right. Forget about the verb "sommer" for now. Nous sommes is always nous sommes.
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s-learner- you seem to forget that not all suggestions are correct. Only a choice of answers.
The difference between «sommes» and «sont» is the person (the subject of the phrase). In French, the conjugation of the verb (être -- to be) has the forms «nous sommes» (that is, "we are") and «ils sont» ("they are"). "We" and "they" are the subjects of the phrases.
Think of it like English, where we have "I am, you are, he is", where the subjects are "I", "you", and "he". There's no easy-to-understand reason for the verb to change so much and in such an unusual way, based on the subjects, they just do. It's pretty irregular.
In both languages, the verbs -- "to be", in English, or «être», in French -- are actually called "irregular verbs" (or «verbes irréguliers»), because they don't follow the "normal" rules.
You'll get it with practice, just like you did with English. Hang in there!
Somme means (a) sum. But here it is about the verb être=to be. All French verbs have six different forms for each tense, depending on the person acting the verb out.
For être in present tense indicative, these persons and their respective verb form are:
je suis=I am
tu es=you are
il/elle/on est=he/she/it/one is
nous sommes=we are
vous êtes=you are
ils/elles sont=they are
Please try to learn these as units instead of separate words! For example, try to learn that "je suis"="I am", not "je"="I" and "suis"="am".
Would that mean we are actually spelling '' one is rich'' not '' we are rich '' nous sommes riches
No. Nous do always belong to the verb form sommes (for the verb être=to be in present tense). Es do always belong to the pronoun tu=you in its informal and singular sense.
Because it's not the same verb. For the verb to be. WE ARE is always NOUS SOMMES. Only memorize it.
I might be wrong, but what about ON EST? I'm not trying to confuse people, but is ON EST informal while NOUS SOMMES is formal? Vice Versa?
It's an irregular verb, just as in English. Etre = To be. We don't say, I be, you be, he bes, etc. It doesn't follow the regular rules of conjugation (Drop TO and ad an s to 3rd person singular).
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I mean for the verb to be . Sommons is from the verb SOMMER. and has nothing to do with the verb être.
I wonder if both persons (nous) or just one of them are needed to be female to make this sentence true...
Lol, I'm sure there are wealthy men too. If a girl + a boy speaks the "nous" is masculine. we are polite (boy+girl speaking): nous sommes polis. we are polite (2 girls speaking): nous sommes polies. we are polite (2 boys speaking): nous sommes polis.
They are different verb forms, associated with different persons: nous sommes, ils sont and elles sont.
I got the answer wrong but the got told that the correct answer is "on est riche". Is that right? Can't that be confused with "it is rich" ?
Nous sommes riches et on est riches are just 2 different ways to say the same thing. "on" is particular, and you don't need to bother with it until you get it in a lesson, but if you really want to know, "on" is a familiar form for "we" (and it has other roles, as in the translation of the passive form) the only diffence between "on" and "we" is that "on" carries the same conjugate form that "elle" and "il". So you never say: on sommes, but the correct form is "on est" even if the sens is "nous sommes", that's really particuliar, and you don't need to remember it right now if you're a beginner.
It may be. For some french is easy as pie and for some its real hard, not saying that they don't know how to study french. :-)
It's "are". Look: "sont" is always translated as "are" in English, but "are" is not always translated by "sont". You use "sont" only with "ils" or "elles". Ils sont/Elles sont: they are. Nous sommes is we are.
When looking at the conjugation help for sommes, the table (which I'm a little confused on) has "sommons" next to "nous". I don't understand why it should be "sommes" and not "sommons".
IKR! I wish people would just read everything before asking. We could save time and space. NO OFFENSE! Hides behind Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee
There are two different verbs, être="to be", and sommer="to sum" that both have the verb form sommes. In this, and most, cases être is the correct verb choice. Être is an irregular verb and does not follow the general pattern or verb endings, while sommer is a regular -er verb that do follows the pattern.
All verb forms of être in present tense indicative:
je suis=I am
tu es=you are
il/elle/on est=he/it/she/it/one is
nous sommes=we are
vous êtes=you are
ils/elles sont=they are
All verb forms of sommer in present tense indicative:
je somme=I sum / I am summing
tu sommes=you sum / you are summing
il/elle/on somme=he/it/she/it/one sums / he/it/she/it/one is summing
nous sommons=we sum / we are summing
vous sommez=you sum / you are summing
ils/elles somment=they sum / they are summing
In real life there will be no confusion as to which verb is used.
Thanks Åb for explaining this clearly. It's easy to forget and having a clear explanation for what my poor tired mind is trying to comprehend is nice to see. Merci Beaucoup, Åb!
Because it is we - nous - who are something, not they - ils/elles - who are something. We are=nous sommes, they are=ils/elles sont.
All French verbs have six verb forms for each tense while English normally have only two - the exception is to be which in its present tense have three forms: I am, you/we/they are and he/she/it is.
It is thus a good idea to learn each French verb form together with its pronoun since the two languages do not treat verbs the same way, and since all verb forms only are used together with their respective pronoun or something that can act as such a pronoun.
The verb être=to be in present tense indicative:
je suis=I am
tu es=you are (informal singular you)
il/elle/on est=he/it/she/it/one is
nous sommes=we are
vous êtes=you are (formal singular you or informal/formal plural you)
ils/elles sont=they are* (ils for all masculine or mixed gender they, elles for all feminine they)
This means that vous is always and only used with êtes (when using être in present tense), sont is always used with ils, elles or something that can act as a substitute for ils/elles, es is always and only used together wit tu, and nous is always and only used together with sommes (when using être in present tense).
You have encountered different sentences, one where the adjective is in a singular form and one where it is in a plural form, that is all.
All adjectives (rich=riche/riches is an adjective) have to adapt to both gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular and plural) in French. This means that there are four different forms for each adjective in French: one masculine singular form, one feminine singular form, one masculine plural form and one feminine plural form.
Normally you add an e to a masculine form to make the feminine form, and an s to a singular form make a plural form: vert (masculine singular form of green), verte (feminine singular form of green), verts (masculine plural form of green) and vertes (feminine plural form of green).
But when the masculine singular form already ends with an e, is no extra e added. Instead do the masculine and feminine singular forms look the same and the masculine and feminine plural forms look the same. This is the case with riche and calme: riche, riche, riches, riches (calme, calme, calmes, calmes).
I don't understand this They didn't even told us that we have to use riches
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In this phrase, is the thing that the adjective is describing is nous=we, which is plural. Then so has the adjective to be, and in writing that is marked by an ending s. Je suis riche et tu es riche - nous sommes riches !
All adjectives (rich=riche/riches is an adjective) have to adapt to both gender (masculine or feminine) and number (singular and plural) in French. This means that there are four different forms for each adjective in French: one masculine singular form, one feminine singular form, one masculine plural form and one feminine plural form.
Normally you add an e to a masculine form to make the feminine form, and an s to a singular form make a plural form: vert (masculine singular form of green), verte (feminine singular form of green), verts (masculine plural form of green) and vertes (feminine plural form of green).
But when the masculine singular form already ends with an e, is no extra e added. Instead do the masculine and feminine singular forms look the same and the masculine and feminine plural forms look the same. This is the case with riche and calme: riche, riche, riches, riches (calme, calme, calmes, calmes).
Nice and simple just remember that "We" is plural so "Riches" is plural too...
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Im 26 already speaking Spanish and intermediate French. Starting to learn German just recently. All of this was by choice.
Not at all: those are the conjugation of the verb ÊTRE: Présent: je suis; tu es; il est; nous sommes; vous êtes; ils sont
"sont" and "sommes" are plural. We is plural: we are = nous sommes. They are plural. They are = Ils sont or Elles sont.
Yes you're wrong twice. It's sommes, and not somme. "Sommes" is plural, because it is always used with "we" (nous sommes) and "sont" is plural too, but is always used with "they": ils sont/elles sont.
It's an irregular verb, just as in English. Etre = To be. We don't say, I be, you be, he bes, etc. It doesn't follow the regular rules of conjugation (Drop TO and ad an s to 3rd person singular). (Repost)
No. When you will get them, you'll be able to speak in French, that's the good news.
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Whats the diffference between sont and sommes? Also is there such a thing as somme?
Can it be 'sommes riches' or does it have to be 'Nous sommes riches'? Because you can say both 'Somos ricos' and 'Nosotros somos ricos' in spanish and I just want to know since both languages are somewhat similar.
I'm a 5th grader and thank you for the great explanation. It helped me to understand it much better. Merci beaucoup.
They're the same thing. The only difference is that the latter has the first letter capitalized.
Bet you anything sommer is used when you're talking about a temporary condition as opposed to etre. For example, I am 'sick', you'd use sommer instead of etre, but I could be wrong.
What's the difference between Sont and Sommes? I keep getting the wrong one and messing up my scoring
Can someone help me what is the difference between sont and sommes? That would be great if you could.
I did not know what sommes meant, i did not know that sommes was a word.
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You can read AasaLundin's posts above. He explains very detailed about the verb Être/to be and also how to use adjectives in singular and plural forms.
no, the programe tested me on the word before i learned it. they randomly shuffle the windows, so you could get tested on a word you don't know
On est riche? That's the solution it corrected me. I dont think that's correct.
Nice and simple just remember that "We" is plural so "Riches" is plural too...
I only miss the s at the end of riche and I got it wrong for "we are rich"
i have a confusion in sommes and sont, both the words means are(plural) than why words are different
It is sommes if you are using nous, but sont if you are using ils or elles
So, jai, tu as, il a, Elle a, nous avons, vows aver and ils ont, Elle's ont. And, he suis, to ex, il est, Elle est, nous sommes, vows eyes and ils sont and Elle's sont
Does it accept "on"? If not, is there a way to request this as an answer for all "we" questions? I've come to understand "nous" is NEVER used in normal conversation, and constantly having it ingrained seems like a waste of time. If there's a reason why it's here I'd love to know, but for normal conversation I feel "on" should be represented more often. Sorry if it was already asked! I just want to sound as natural as possible even while learning, what better time to form habits!
Are pronouns necessary in french? I tried putting "sommes riches" but it said I needed 'nous'. Is this true?? If so that will be weird because most latin languages don't need them when the subject is implied
I hate that itll show me an option of what to type and thwn when i type it it says im wrong.
Why does Somme mean sum but when used nouns Somme riches it means we are rich?
Confusing words I really can't say when it tells me to tell a sentence that it gives me and it says it is wrong .some of the words it says can't understand
Can someone help me with conjunctions. I'm learning Spanish in school and we were doing conjunctions amd my teacher said that there were some in French, so could someone help me?
Why can't i use étes with nous? Do we have to use sommes with nous to say 'are'
Why the 's' in riches. That means "We are richs." Which doesn't make sense but okay.
I dont get how the words in french mean alot of words in english how do i know what one to use?
Going into 9th grade, chose it out of choice and starting to not want to continue.
To ejiro from Kelechi. Do you know duo lingo French for English speakers any way if you do then I must tell you what happened today I wrote exactly what the answer was and I got it wrong how is that fair to anyone just because it is just for French beginners they told me I was wrong my other friends told the same complain about duo lingo French and do not show anyone in you family
Why is "rich" being taught before "happy" or "smile" or "hope"? Also, the word for men is being taught before women and this does not send out a good vibe...
So you can't leave out the subject in French? I tried "Sommes riches" and it wasn't accepted. I am coming from Spanish where you could certainly use "Somos ricos" since that conjugation is specific to nosotros/nosatras (we).
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When do we use 'sommes' and when do we use 'sont'? And what about 'êtes', what does it mean and when is it used?
do I have to put in s in riche I know French AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO PUT '' S''
It's not helping me to write in french or telling me how to spell it.
Can 'sont' be replaced for sommes in this particular translation? If not, why?
in the options it said u didn't have to put the s so I didn't and then they marked it wrong there so dumb u need to fix this immediately oh and this website is terrible have a good day :( I'm not sad but theres no mean pictures other then that so don't think that I am gonna be sad over your stupid website fix it now actually Idc cause its stupid and your stupid and French is stupid so just F off okay cause ik more French then you will ever know so just stop thinking you know French cause u don't and pheonix is stupid to all of u are stupid I'm not swearing cause I'm in middle school but trust me there would be stronger language if I was aloud to but even if I'm in middle school I'm still smarter then u so idc what u do but your so stupid just to recap your stupid and you know zero about French maybe you need a new career choice as teaching a different language then u can f up someone elses vocabulary and I will still use this website but only cause I like to find all ur mistakes oh and trust me ik I used shortened words like idc well I should have used idfc sorry for using the wrong language but I can speak however I want so don't think that ur better cause your not so just stop this website cause its terrible and trust me ik your not gonna read this but it wasn't a waste of my time because I'm a fast typer cause ik English and u don't so just f off
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Can someone please explain to me why 'are' can be or has to be 'sont' and 'somme' on different occasions?
In French, you have to put the pronoun? This is as opposed to in Spanish, when you could say "somos rica". Of course, you could also say, "nosotros/as somos rica", using the pronoun, but it would be ok not to.
Bottom line: Why isn't it ok to say "sommes riches" in French? Is that just something French does?
What is the difference between sommes and sont and when don you use them is there a lesson I'm missing?
Typing it gets annoying after few lessons. There should be an option of switching it off like it's there in tiny cards.
Mdaanish, though I really recommend looking at a few of the in depth comments, the reason is simple. Just like in English we go : I am, You are, He is...etc. The same holds true for French: Je suis, Tu es, Vous etes (that "etes" should have a accent mark, but I can't do that on my pc). We know that "he are" and "they is" is not correct. Unfortunately for all of us non native French speakers, the verb "to be" is SUPER irregular.
Note website here: https://www.thoughtco.com/etre-to-be-1371032
It really is a game of matchmaker if you will. Only one type of conjugation of etre will go with its subject noun usually. Sorry to say it's a game of memorization.
I really do hope this helps you. Wishing you the best on your learning journey.
Why do we have to use sommes instead of es? I haven't found anything clear enough to understand.
