Marie est calme et posée.

Marie is calm and composed.

Breakdown of Marie est calme et posée.

• être: to be
• Marie: Marie
• et: and
• calme: calm

Questions & Answers about Marie est calme et posée.

Why is it est and not es?

Because Marie is third person singular: Marie = she.

The verb here is être (to be):

• je suis = I am
• tu es = you are
• il/elle est = he/she is

So Marie est calme et posée means Marie is calm and composed.

Why does posée end in -e?

Because French adjectives usually agree with the noun they describe.

Marie is feminine, so the adjective must be feminine singular too:

• masculine: posé
• feminine: posée

That extra -e marks the feminine form.

Why doesn’t calme change too?

Some French adjectives have the same form in the masculine and feminine singular.

So:

• un homme calme
• une femme calme

Both use calme.

By contrast, posé / posée changes form.