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Les femmes sont avec des amis amusants.

Les femmes sont avec des amis amusants.
The women are with fun friends.
From Lesson 9:Plural adjective agreement (+s)·French

Questions & Answers about Les femmes sont avec des amis amusants.

Why is there an s at the end of amusants?
In French, adjectives must match the noun they describe. Because amis (friends) is plural, we add an s to the adjective amusant (fun) to make it plural too. Note that this extra s is completely silent!
If the women (les femmes) are the subject, shouldn't the adjective be feminine?
The adjective amusants is describing the friends (des amis), not the women. Since amis is a masculine plural noun, the adjective takes the masculine plural form (amusants). If the friends were an all-female group, it would be des amies amusantes.
Why is the adjective amusants placed after amis instead of before it?
Unlike English, most descriptive adjectives in French come after the noun they describe. So instead of 'fun friends', you say 'friends fun' (amis amusants).
How is the word femmes pronounced?
It is a famous exception! Even though it is spelled with an 'e', it is pronounced with an 'a' sound (like 'fam'). The s at the end is completely silent because it is just there to show the word is plural.
How do you pronounce des amis? Do I pronounce the s?
You will hear a 'z' sound between the two words. This is called a liaison. Because des ends in a consonant and amis starts with a vowel, the normally silent s connects to the next word, making it sound like 'dez-ami'.

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