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In my dictionary "sont" sends you to être then never says another word or explanation about it. Can someone explain what this normally means or when to use it.

Dan

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Hello Daniel.

"sont" is the third person plural (used with they, ex. ils sont..., elles sont..., which is translated as "they are...") of the verb "être" (translated as "be") . The verb "être" in the corresponding form acts almost in the same way as English "be".
:-)
Thank you Tatiana,

I had sont down in my notebook as "are" but did not really know why. Deductive reasoning I suppose. Now I know for sure.

Your snowflake avitar is what we are about to get here.

Dan
Sont is one of the many ways to conjugate the word etre,
the proper conjugation for the present is: je-suis, tu-es, il/elle/on-est, nous-somme, vous-etes, ils/elles-sont
the proper meaning of the word no matter which "person" (first, second, etc.) does not change.

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