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Les passagers viennent à la gare avec des valises.

Les passagers viennent à la gare avec des valises.
The passengers are coming to the station with suitcases.
From Lesson 35:The verb to come (venir)·French

Questions & Answers about Les passagers viennent à la gare avec des valises.

Why is the verb viennent spelled with an -ent at the end?
Les passagers is a plural noun, so it acts like the pronoun ils (they). Therefore, it uses the "they" form of the verb venir (to come), which is viennent. Remember that the -ent ending on plural French verbs is completely silent!
Why is there no word for "are" in the French sentence?
French doesn't use a separate word for "are" when talking about actions happening right now. The single present tense verb viennent means both "come" and "are coming".
Why is it à la gare instead of just à gare?
French nouns almost always need an article like le or la (the) in front of them, even after a preposition like à (to). Because gare (station) is a feminine word, we use à la gare (to the station).
The English translation says "with suitcases", so why does the French sentence add des?
In English, we can use plural nouns without an article, like just "suitcases". In French, you must include a plural article. The word des is the plural of un or une (a/an) and acts like the word "some", so the sentence literally means "with some suitcases".

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