In this exercise you have to use the right form of the verb TO BE – ÊTRE to complete each of Mina’s descriptions.

Let’s repeat the verb ÊTRE:
Je SUIS, tu ES, il (elle, on) EST, nous SOMMES, vous ETES, ils (elles) SONT.

In this case we have M. Arnaud whom Mina treats with respect (*Elle le vouvoie* – she address him as *vous*) by using the personal pronoun **VOUS**. Therefore we have to use the form of the verb -ETRE that stands for the second person plural: **vous êtes génial!**

êtes

Patrick and Amélie are 3rd person plural, so you have use the form SONT.

Patrick (boy) and Amélie (girl) are as well ILS because in French IL + ELLE = ILS.
IL + IL = ILS.
ELLE + ELLE = ELLES.

That is the usual rule in French called “*Le masculin l’emporte sur le féminin*” – (masculine is stronger than feminine). That works also with the adjectives: if an adjective qualifies both a masculine (or neutral) and feminine word, it must be masculine.

sont

Zita is brunette and she has black eyes. She is nice. Zita is SHE – ELLE, so you have to use the 3rd person singular form which is: EST

Elle est brune et elle est sympa.

est / est

*Moi, je* .. I am.
In this case we have the 1st person singular so we must use: SUIS.

*Moi, je suis rousse et mince.*
You can see that in this case the subject pronoun repeats **MOI, je.** They both mean “I”.

**MOI**: is called the stressed pronoun, just like : TOI, LUI, ELLE, NOUS, VOUS, EUX, ELLES – (les pronoms toniques). They allow as to emphasize what we want to say. They reinforce the noun or pronoun.

suis

In this case we have *Théo, tu* (YOU)
Théo, you are annoying.

Therefore we will use the 2nd person singular: ES
Théo, tu es pénible.

es