Questions & Answers about Les étudiants vivent en France.
I know vivre is an irregular verb. How is vivent formed here?
Vivre is irregular, but its plural forms follow a distinct pattern. For plural subjects (nous, vous, ils/elles), you use the stem viv- and add the standard endings (-ons, -ez, -ent). Since les étudiants is third-person plural, we add -ent to get vivent. Do I pronounce the -ent at the end of vivent?
No, you don't. In French, the -ent ending for third-person plural verbs is always completely silent. You pronounce vivent so it sounds just like the English made-up word "veev". Why do we use en France instead of dans la France?
For saying "in" or "to" a country, French uses specific prepositions instead of dans. You use en for feminine countries, which includes almost all countries ending in -e, like France. If it were a masculine country, you would use au, like au Canada. Should I connect the words Les and étudiants when speaking?
Yes, you make a mandatory liaison here. Because Les is a plural article ending in an "s" and étudiants starts with a vowel, the "s" connects to the next word and sounds like a "z". Learn Les étudiants vivent en France and more in French
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