Quatorze copropriétaires délibèrent.

Because French normally uses number + noun directly:

• quatorze copropriétaires = fourteen co-owners

You do not say des quatorze copropriétaires here.

If you wanted to say the fourteen co-owners, then you would use an article:

• les quatorze copropriétaires

Because quatorze is more than one, so the noun must be plural:

• un copropriétaire
• quatorze copropriétaires

In writing, the plural is marked with -s, but that -s is normally not pronounced.

Because the subject is plural: quatorze copropriétaires.

French verbs must agree with their subject:

• un copropriétaire délibère
• quatorze copropriétaires délibèrent

So délibèrent is the third-person plural form, matching they deliberate / they are deliberating.

Yes. Délibèrent is the present tense of délibérer.

In French, the present tense can often translate in more than one way in English, depending on context:

• deliberate
• are deliberating
• sometimes even do deliberate, in the right context

So this sentence can mean either a general present or an action happening now.

That is a very common French pattern. In the third-person plural of many verbs, the ending is written -ent, but it is usually silent.

So:

• délibèrent is written with -ent
• but the ending itself is not pronounced

This is why French spelling can look fuller than the actual pronunciation.

This is a stem-change pattern found in many French verbs ending in -é_er.

With a silent ending, the sound often opens from é to è:

• délibérer
• je délibère
• tu délibères
• il/elle délibère
• ils/elles délibèrent

But in nous and vous, the accent stays é:

• nous délibérons
• vous délibérez

So the spelling change helps show the pronunciation change.

A rough pronunciation is:

ka-TORZ ko-pro-pree-ay-TAIR day-lee-BAIR

A few useful notes:

• quatorze: the final -ze is pronounced
• copropriétaires: the final -s is silent
• délibèrent: the final -ent is silent

So the last word sounds roughly like day-lee-bair, not day-lee-bair-ent.

Copropriétaire means co-owner.

It is built from:

• co- = co-
• propriétaire = owner

In real life, it often refers to someone who jointly owns property, especially in a building or condominium context. So it can be more specific than a generic English owner.

It can refer to either a man or a woman, and the form is the same.

So:

• un copropriétaire = a male co-owner
• une copropriétaire = a female co-owner

In the plural, copropriétaires can refer to:

• a group of men
• a group of women
• a mixed group

In this sentence alone, you cannot tell which one it is.

Not exactly.

Délibérer is usually more formal. It suggests that people are discussing something in order to reach a decision, often in an official or organized setting.

Examples of people who might délibérer:

• a jury
• a committee
• a board
• an assembly
• co-owners in a building meeting

Discuter is broader and more everyday: it just means to discuss.

So délibèrent here has a slightly formal, decision-making tone.

Because in French, the prefix co- is often attached directly to the word:

• copropriétaire
• copilote
• coauteur

English often uses a hyphen in words like co-owner, but French usually does not here.

Yes, in many contexts you can.

Both are understandable:

• Quatorze copropriétaires délibèrent.
• 14 copropriétaires délibèrent.

In running prose, French often writes smaller numbers out as words, especially in careful or formal writing. But using digits is also common in practical contexts such as notes, reports, headlines, or tables.