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Ellos son buenos estudiantes.

Ellos son buenos estudiantes.
They are good students.
From Lesson 3:Plural pronouns and 'ser' (somos, sois, son)·Spanish (Spain)

Breakdown of Ellos son buenos estudiantes.

ser
to be
bueno
good
el estudiante
the student
ellos
they (m)

Questions & Answers about Ellos son buenos estudiantes.

Why use Ellos instead of Ellas for 'they'?
Ellos is the pronoun for a group of males, or a mixed group of males and females. You only use Ellas if everyone in the group is female.
Why is the verb son used here?
son means 'are' for the pronoun ellos (they). It comes from the verb ser, which we use to talk about identity or permanent characteristics, like someone's occupation or being a student.
Why does the adjective buenos come before the noun estudiantes?
Normally, Spanish adjectives go after the noun. However, words like bueno (good) and malo (bad) are special and are very frequently placed right before the noun instead.
If estudiantes does not end in -o, how do we know to use the masculine adjective buenos?
The word estudiante is gender-neutral in its spelling, meaning it can refer to male or female students. We know this specific group is masculine or mixed because the sentence starts with the masculine pronoun Ellos, so the adjective must match it as buenos.

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