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Les ordinateurs et les livres sont intéressants.

Les ordinateurs et les livres sont intéressants.
The computers and the books are interesting.
From Lesson 8:Plural definite articles (les)·French

Breakdown of Les ordinateurs et les livres sont intéressants.

être
to be
et
and
le livre
the book
l'ordinateur
the computer (m)
intéressant
interesting

Questions & Answers about Les ordinateurs et les livres sont intéressants.

How do you pronounce les in front of ordinateurs?
You pronounce it with a Z sound linking to the next word. Because ordinateurs starts with a vowel, you make a pronunciation connection called a liaison. It sounds like lez-ordinateurs.
Why is les repeated before livres?
In French, you cannot skip the article when listing things. You must put les before every single noun in your list, even if we would leave it out in English.
Why does intéressants have an s at the end?
In French, adjectives have to match the things they describe. Since the subjects are plural, the adjective intéressants needs a plural s at the end. Remember that you do not pronounce this s!
What if one of the nouns in this sentence was feminine?
Both ordinateurs and livres happen to be masculine. But if you combined a masculine noun and a feminine noun, the adjective intéressants would still use this exact masculine plural form. In French grammar, the masculine form is always used for mixed groups.

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