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Ils ont un appartement spacieux et les chambres sont claires.

Ils ont un appartement spacieux et les chambres sont claires.
They have a spacious apartment and the rooms are bright.
From Lesson 13:The verb "to have" plural (nous avons, vous avez, ils ont)·French

Questions & Answers about Ils ont un appartement spacieux et les chambres sont claires.

Why is there a "z" sound when saying Ils ont?
Because Ils ends in an "s" and ont starts with a vowel, you connect them when speaking. This connection makes a "z" sound. This is very important because it helps you tell apart Ils ont (They have) from Ils sont (They are), which has a sharp "s" sound.
Why do we use ont for the apartment but sont for the rooms?
ont means "have" (from the verb avoir), so Ils ont means "They have". sont means "are" (from the verb être), so les chambres sont means "the rooms are". They look and sound similar, so beginners often mix them up!
Why does spacieux come right after appartement?
In English, we put the describing word first, like "spacious apartment". In French, most adjectives go directly after the thing they describe. So, it is written as un appartement spacieux.
Why does claires have an "e" and an "s" at the end?
French adjectives must match the noun they describe. The word for rooms, chambres, is feminine and plural. We add an "e" to make the base adjective clair feminine, and an "s" to make it plural, resulting in claires.

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