what is the difference between "est" and "es"?

[bolesh]

starting to learn french, and i do not understand when i should write "est" and when "es" (and what "es" exactly means, as duolingo does not give a translation to it)
can someone shed some light on that for me?

[wiewo]

je suis,
tu es,
il/elle/on est, ...
"es" is the second person singular and "est" the third person singular.

[hugolemieux]

Don't know if it's true for French (beta), but in the german part of the website, when you put the mouse over a verb, in the list of words, there is a blue "C" (for conjugation I suppose). There you should see all the conjugations of that verb. In the case of the verb "être" (To be):

• Je suis (I am)
• Tu es (You are)
• Il/elle/on est (He/she/it is)
• Nous sommes (We are)
• Vous êtes (You are)
• Ils sont (They are)

[jammydodger123]

The simplest way to remember that I know is to use 'est' for is and 'es' for are

[anomalocaris]

Here's UT's Introduction to Verbs with some explanations about conjugation in general: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/v1.html and here's their page for être: http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/virr1.html