Questions & Answers about Vous jouez au tennis avec eux.
Why does the verb jouez end in -ez?
Because the subject is vous (you). For regular -er verbs like jouer (to play), you drop the -er and add -ez when the subject is vous. The -ez ending sounds just like the letter 'A' in English. Why does it say au tennis instead of just jouez tennis?
In French, when you talk about playing a sport or a game, you must use the preposition à (at/to) followed by the word 'the' (le, la, or les). Because tennis is a masculine word, à and le squeeze together to make au. The French literally say 'play at the tennis'. Why is the word for 'them' eux instead of ils?
Ils is a subject pronoun, which you only use when 'they' are doing the action (like 'they play'). When 'them' comes after a preposition like avec (with), you must use a stress pronoun. The stress pronoun for a masculine or mixed group is eux. Do I pronounce the 's' at the end of Vous here?
No. The 's' at the end of vous is only pronounced (as a 'z' sound) if the next word begins with a vowel or a silent 'h'. Because jouez starts with a consonant, the 's' in vous stays silent. Learn Vous jouez au tennis avec eux and more in French
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