L’état des lieux de sortie est prêt.

Because état begins with a vowel sound. In French, le becomes l’ before a vowel or a silent h to make pronunciation smoother.

So:

• le état ❌
• l’état ✅

This is called elision.

État des lieux is a fixed expression, especially common in housing and rental contexts. It refers to the official inspection or written record of the condition of a property.

Literally, the parts look like this:

• état = state / condition
• des lieux = of the premises / of the place

But you should learn état des lieux as one unit, because the full meaning is more specific than the literal words suggest.

This is part of the fixed expression état des lieux. The word lieux is plural here, even though English might not use a plural in the same way.

Grammatically, des here is the contraction of de + les:

• de + les → des

So the structure is literally something like state of the premises.

In practice, don’t try to build it word by word too much—just remember état des lieux as the standard phrase.

De sortie means this is the move-out or departure version of the inspection.

In rental French, you often see:

• état des lieux d’entrée = move-in inspection
• état des lieux de sortie = move-out inspection

So de sortie specifies which kind of inspection it is.

Because sortie is a noun, while sortir is the infinitive verb meaning to go out / to leave.

After de, French often uses a noun to describe a type or category:

• de sortie = relating to departure / exit
• d’entrée = relating to entry

So here, sortie is not an action verb; it is part of a noun phrase describing the kind of inspection.

Because prêt agrees with état, which is masculine singular.

The main noun of the subject is état, so the adjective must match it:

• un état → masculine singular
• therefore prêt

Even though sortie is feminine, it does not control the agreement here, because it is not the head noun of the subject.

Here, prêt is an adjective meaning ready.

So est prêt means is ready.

Be careful: prêt can also be a noun meaning loan in other contexts, but here it is clearly the adjective because it comes after être.

Yes. This sentence sounds like something you would see in a rental, property management, or administrative context.

It is natural and standard French, but it belongs especially to:

• housing
• leases
• move-in / move-out paperwork
• property inspections

So it is not strange or overly stiff, but it is definitely more administrative than casual everyday conversation.

A simple pronunciation guide is:

lay-tah day lyuh duh sor-tee ay preh

A few useful notes:

• état sounds roughly like ay-ta
• lieux is tricky; it sounds like lyuh with rounded lips
• the final t in prêt is normally silent

So prêt sounds like preh, not pret.

Only partly. A word-for-word approach helps with grammar, but not always with natural meaning.

Very roughly:

• L’état = the condition/state
• des lieux = of the premises
• de sortie = for leaving / at departure
• est prêt = is ready

But the real meaning comes from recognizing the full chunk:

état des lieux de sortie = the move-out inspection/report

So for learning purposes, it is better to treat état des lieux de sortie as a set phrase rather than translating every word separately each time.

Yes, but l’état des lieux de sortie is the normal and standard expression in rental French.

Depending on context, people might also say things like:

• L’état des lieux de sortie est terminé. = the move-out inspection is finished
• L’état des lieux de sortie est fait. = the move-out inspection has been done
• Le document est prêt. = the document is ready

But if you are talking specifically about the official move-out inspection, l’état des lieux de sortie is the right term to know.