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"Are you ready?"
Translation:Tu es prête ?
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451
If you're conversing with someone, you presumably know their gender so use that. If you're doing an audio exercise here on DL, prête has an audible "t" sound at the end, but prêt will sound like "pray."
722
When the prompt says "Are you ready?" in English, there's no way to know, and it's marking "pret" wrong.
518
You have two things wrong with that. The "être" conjugation for "tu" is "es", not "est". And since you are using "tu", you need to use one of the singular forms of "prêt" (masculine) or "prête" (feminine).
Listen for the "T""
If you are asking someone if they are ready - When you ask a man or boy if they are ready you would say "Tu est prêt ?". Note there is no e on the end of the word so you do not pronounce the t.
When you ask a girl or woman you would say ''Tu est prête ?" When there is an e on the end of the word you pronounce the T.
So the key in this sentence is to listen for a ''T'' in prête. If you hear a ''T'' then prête is feminine. If you don''t hear the ''T'' then prêt is masculine.
Many adjectives are made feminine simply by adding an ''e'' at the end of the word. When this happens the consonant preceeding the ''e'' is pronounced.
On 5/23/19, no audio accompanied this question. DL accepted my answer "Vous êtes prêts."
However, with NO audio, ALL of the answers below should also be accepted by DL as a correct written translation of “Are you ready?” because: (1) “you” can refer to both singular and plural and (2) one cannot listen for an audible "t" in prête / prêtes, which would indicate that the question is being addressed to a woman (or more than one woman).
INFORMAL, SINGULAR
"Tu es prêt" -- addressing a man
"Tu es prête -- addressing a woman
FORMAL, SINGULAR
"Vous êtes prêt" -- addressing a man
"Vous êtes prête -- addressing a woman
PLURAL, INFORMAL AND FORMAL
"Vous êtes prêts -- addressing men or mixed (women and men)
"Vous êtes prêtes" -- addressing only women
68
No, the circonflexe was taken down only in u and i. Besides, I think Duo still uses the old writing.
In French verbes are conjugated with regards to a person's perspective (1. 2. or 3. person), as well as singular/plural, tenses, etc.
In this case the conjugation ("bending") of the verb être (present tense) is as follows:
SINGILAR 1. Je suis 2. Tu es 3. Il/elle/on est PLURAL 1. Nous sommes 2. Vous êtes 3. Ils/elles sont
"prêtes" is feminine plural, but "es-tu" is asking a single person. Correct would be any of the following:
"Es-tu prêt" or "Es-tu prête" asking a single male person (1st) or single female person (2nd) informally
"Êtes-vous prêt" or "Êtes-vous prête" asking a single male person (1st) or a single female person (2nd) formally
"Êtes-vous prêts" or "Êtes-vous prêtes" asking multiple male people or male/female mixed people (1st) or multiple all-female people (2nd)
690
There is a problem with this exercise because as has already been mentioned by others in this discussion group, we do not know whether the 'tu' is masculine or feminine. Both 'prêt' and 'prête' should be accepted as correct.
68
No, the circonflexe was taken down only in i and u. Besides, I think Duo still uses the old writing.
609
That is the French convention, but Duo does not treat it (or any punctuation except apostrophes and hyphens) as an error.
451
prêtes should be fine as long as (a) you used vous and not tu and (b) the persons that you're asking are all female.
518
If you don't include your entire answer (copy and paste is best), then no one can explain.
433
I answered "tu es prete" and was marked wrong. (2/27/2020). No gender was indicated. They owe me a heart!
518
That is very unlikely, you must have had a typo. There are various alternate options that are accepted as well, but that one is the suggested correct answer.
518
If you are going to make a comment like that, you need to copy and paste your answer here. You were likely still using "est" as in your previous comment.
518
Both options are accepted, so you made a mistake and you didn't include your entire answer (copy and paste) so no one can explain.
518
You still didn't copy and paste your answer, so no, I don't accept that. But I have no way to test it again because I don't know which lesson this was under. Only the mods can see all the possible answers.
518
I do. I have used that exact answer in the past. It's extremely unlikely that they would remove an answer. I'm just saying that unless you tell me which lesson this is under, I can't try it again. Or you could just copy and paste your answer that you say doesn't work.
263
"Tu es prêt?" should be an accepted answer. We do not know the gender of who we are addressing, therefore we must default to the masculine.
518
If it's not indicated by the context, then both should be accepted. If you think it wasn't, then include your entire answer (copy and paste) in your comment.
518
It is apparently used in very informal speech, but not for writing, so it won't be accepted here.
609
But I cannot explain why your response was rejected, if you have faithfully reproduced the spelling that you entered.
193
There is no indication in this exercise to know if you are asking a male or a female. I do not understand why 'tu est pret" is wrong.
518
No, because both "tu es prêt" and "tu es prête" definitely work. You must have had some typo that you didn't notice. I think the most common error is to write "tu est".
133
I do not know the sex of thr person that I am addressing so I should use 'prêt. It was marked wrongly and it is correct. Marking is definitely not always correct - VERY annoying!
518
"prête" is feminine singular and "prêts" is masculine plural. All options are accepted if you use the right subject pronoun. e.g. You can't use "prêts" with "tu".
451
Tu is singular and prêts is plural. See other comments in this thread for all of the correct possible answers.
518
If you're using the tiles, you have to use the words given. If you're typing it yourself, then you can enter many different options as has been explained many times here in the comments.
122
I missed the question mark out and marked as wrong. Pathetic. Seriously thinking about packing Duo in.