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Elle est fatiguée, et elles sont aussi fatiguées.

Elle est fatiguée, et elles sont aussi fatiguées.
She is tired, and they are also tired.
From Lesson 5:Plural pronouns and 'to be' (nous sommes, vous êtes)·French

Breakdown of Elle est fatiguée, et elles sont aussi fatiguées.

être
to be
elle
she
et
and
elles
they (feminine)
fatigué
tired
aussi
also / too

Questions & Answers about Elle est fatiguée, et elles sont aussi fatiguées.

How do I tell the difference between Elle and elles when people speak?
Elle means "she", and elles means "they" (for a group of females). They sound exactly the same! To know which one is being used in spoken French, you have to listen to the verb. Elle est (She is) uses the singular verb, while elles sont (they are) uses the plural verb.
Why do we use sont in the second half of the sentence?
Sont is the plural form of the verb être (to be) for "they". Just like in English you switch from "is" to "are", in French you switch from the singular est (is) to the plural sont (are) when talking about more than one person.
Why does the second fatiguées have an extra "s"?
In French, describing words (adjectives) have to match the number of people they describe. Because elles refers to a plural group, you must add an s to the end of fatiguée to show there is more than one person.
What is the extra "e" for in both fatiguée and fatiguées?
The basic dictionary word for "tired" is fatigué (ending with just one e). Because this sentence is about a female (she) and a group of females (they), we add an extra e to make the word feminine. If we were talking about men, it would not have that extra e: Il est fatigué, et ils sont aussi fatigués.

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