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Les cinémas sont souvent amusants.

Les cinémas sont souvent amusants.
Movie theaters are often fun.
From Lesson 14:There is / there are (il y a)·French

Breakdown of Les cinémas sont souvent amusants.

être
to be
amusant
fun
souvent
often
le cinéma
the movie theater / the cinema

Questions & Answers about Les cinémas sont souvent amusants.

In English, we just say 'Movie theaters'. Why does French add Les at the beginning?
In French, you must use a definite article (le, la, l', or les) when talking about a general category of things or stating a general truth. Because we are talking about movie theaters in general, we have to use les.
Since this lesson is about il y a (there are), why doesn't this sentence use it?
Il y a is used to say that something exists in a place (for example: Il y a des cinémas = There are movie theaters). This sentence isn't pointing out that movie theaters exist; it is describing what they are like. Therefore, you just use the verb sont (are).
Why does amusants end with an 's' here?
In French, adjectives must match the noun they describe. Because les cinémas is a plural noun, you must add an s to the singular adjective amusant (fun) to make it plural as well.
Why is the word souvent placed right after sont?
In French, short adverbs that tell you how often something happens—like souvent (often)—are almost always placed immediately after the conjugated verb. You cannot put it before the verb like we sometimes do in English.

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