Word
Les danseurs préparant cette chorégraphie sont fatigués.
Meaning
The dancers preparing this choreography are tired.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Les danseurs préparant cette chorégraphie sont fatigués.
être
to be
fatigué
tired
ce
this (before a noun)
préparer
to prepare
Questions & Answers about Les danseurs préparant cette chorégraphie sont fatigués.
Could I say qui préparent instead of préparant here?
Yes! Using qui préparent (who are preparing) is actually more common in everyday spoken French. The present participle préparant is often used in writing to make sentences more concise, replacing the relative clause with a single word just like in English.
Why doesn't préparant have an -s at the end to agree with Les danseurs?
Because it is acting as a verb here, not an adjective. When a word ending in -ant (a present participle) has a direct object—like cette chorégraphie—it describes an action and is invariable, meaning its spelling never changes. It only adds agreement if it acts purely as an adjective (like in des mots blessants, meaning 'hurtful words').
Why does fatigués have an -s?