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Les professeurs sont patients avec les étudiants.

Les professeurs sont patients avec les étudiants.
The teachers are patient with the students.
From Lesson 9:Plural adjective agreement (+s)·French

Breakdown of Les professeurs sont patients avec les étudiants.

être
to be
le professeur
the teacher
l'étudiant
the student (m)
patient
patient
avec
with

Questions & Answers about Les professeurs sont patients avec les étudiants.

Why does patients have an s at the end?
In French, describing words (adjectives) have to match the noun they are describing. Because les professeurs is plural (more than one teacher), the adjective patient needs a plural s added to the end to become patients.
Do I pronounce the s at the end of patients?
No. In French, the s added to make adjectives plural is silent. You pronounce patients exactly the same way you would pronounce the singular form patient. The same rule applies to the s at the end of professeurs and étudiants!
What if all the teachers were women? Would the adjective change?
Yes! If the group of teachers was entirely female, the adjective would need to be both feminine and plural. You would add an e for feminine, plus the s for plural, making it patientes. Because of that added e, you would actually pronounce the t sound.
How do I pronounce les étudiants? Is there a connecting sound?
Yes, you make a Z sound between them! This is called a liaison. Because les ends in an s and étudiants starts with a vowel, you link them together smoothly.
I often mix up sont and ont. Which verb is this?
Sont means are (from the verb être, to be). It is very common to mix it up with ont, which means have (from the verb avoir, to have). Since the sentence is saying the teachers are patient, we need sont.

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