====== Le verbe être ======

//the verb « To be »//
=====Introduction=====

**Qui <color #66cc00>êtes</color>-vous ?**

//Who <color #66cc00>are</color> you ?//

**Je <color #66cc00>suis</color> Jean Martin !**

//I <color #66cc00>am</color> Jean Martin//

=====Uses=====

//être (to be) + name :// 
  * **Je suis Jean Martin.**
  * //I am Jean Martin.//

//être (to be) + nationality// 
  * **Je suis canadien.**
  * //I am Canadian//

//être (to be) + origin (from): // 
  * **Je suis de Montréal.**   
  * //I am from Montréal//

//être (to be) + present location ://  
  * **Ils sont à Berlin.** 
  * //They are in Berlin//

=====Conjugation=====

**être**    ( //to be//)

|**Je suis**  |//( I am)//|
|**Tu es** 	 |//( You are / familiar 'you')//|
|**Il est** 	 |//( He is)//|
|**Elle est** |//( She is)//| 	
|**Nous sommes** 	|//( We are)//|
|**Vous êtes** 	 |//(You are / plural and/or formal ‘you’)//|
|**Ils sont 	**|//( They are / masculine and/or both masculine and feminine)//|
|**Elles sont** 	|//(They are / all feminine)//|

__**Listen here the pronunciation for "être" **__ : {{ :fr:grammaire:verbes:present:verbes_irreguliers_tres_frequents:etre.mp3 |}} 
=====Examples=====

  * **Nous sommes de Paris.**
  * //We are from Paris.//

  * **Tu es français.**
  * //You are French. (informal & singular)//

  * **Je suis Pierre Dupont.**
  * //I am Pierre Dupont.//

=====Pronunciation=====

//Do not pronounce the final consonants at the end of a word.//


  * '**es**' and '**est**' sound alike

  *  **vous** = ‘//vou//’

//pronounce the final consonant of a word when it is followed by a word beginning
with a vowel.//

e.g.    **vous êtes** = //‘vou_z_êtes’ (the ’s’ will sound like ‘z’) //