Basic French Lesson 2

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[footballplyer73]

THANK YOU

how come theres so many ways to say are

[jefrench10]

@footballplyer73 There are only 2 ways. "Tu es" and "vous êtes". The first one is the singular when addressing 1 person. The second one is the plural when addressing a group of people. It is also used in the formal way when talking to someone you just met or a person in a position of authority.

[ixcaliber]

@jefrench10 So vous or "you" would be used in a translated sentance to: "You guys are people"? and then Tu would be "You are a person"?

So would that be: "Vous êtes un humain" and "Tu es un himain"

Seriously, I have absolutely no idea, but If you could correct me that would be nice :)

[jefrench10]

@ixcaliber Humain in French means human as in a human being. I am not sure that's what you're trying to say. A person is une personne. Tu would be used in the singular and vous in the plural form.  You can also use vous when addressing someone in a position of authority or someone you just met.

[senudesilva]

awesome..is 'on' is for masculine??coz nous sommes end with -es????french is hard..

[jefrench10]

@senudesilva On is gender neutral. The "es" ending is a conjugation ending. It is not gender related. Only nouns, pronouns and adjectives will change based on gender, not verb endings.

[xsmotherxmexx]

thank you!!! your so nice to make these videos absolutely free for people!!! and your a wonderful teacher :)

[jdaniels161]

Thanks for posting i have a penpal in France near paris and we always speak english so i want to learn french so we can speak to each other in french

[riquelmestheshit]

Thank You this is very helpful =).. beautiful language

[gemerx]

@jefrench10

wait doesn't vous êtes is a plural,

but isn't it true that you can say

it also to an older person if you want

to show your respect?

please reply!

and greate video im subing!

[bobladu]

@RyuOkamiOni14 'on' is more familiar, whereas when you want to be polite you say 'nous'. Thats would be the main difference