Breakdown of Je suis surpris et content.
Questions & Answers about Je suis surpris et content.
Why does surpris end in an -s if it is only talking about one person?
Some French words naturally end in -s even in their singular dictionary form, and surpris is one of them. You do not pronounce this -s in the masculine form. You only hear the -s sound if it is made feminine by adding an -e (surprise). How would a female speaker say this sentence?
A woman would say Je suis surprise et contente. In French, adjectives (describing words) change to match the gender of the person they describe. Adding an -e to the end of surpris and content makes them feminine, and it also means you must pronounce their final consonant sounds. Are the final letters in et and content pronounced?
No, the -t at the end of both et (and) and masculine content (happy) is completely silent. A quick rule to remember: the -t in et is never pronounced, not even if the very next word starts with a vowel! How could I ask Who is surprised and happy? using the question words from this lesson?
You can use the question word qui (who). Since this lesson covers keeping the normal sentence order, you simply replace the subject with the question word and use the he/she verb form to ask about people: Qui est surpris et content ? Learn Je suis surpris et content and more in French
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