In french, when do i use est instead of es?

Question

For example

ill est sympa?

or

ill es sympa?

Mike est sympa?

or

mike es sympa?

if both are est,

then when do i use es?

Update:

thanks. am just learning french. Its complicated as hell.

Update 2:

i liked everyone answers D: i wanna choose all for best answer. but im too tired to think so ama chose the simple one [: sorry other people D: thanks tho <3

Answer 1

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the pronunciation may be the same but est refers to he/she/it and es refers to you (single person) or the old Thou

one tip : with the pronoun TU there is always, always, always an S at the end of the verb : tu marcheS, tu vendS, tu chanteS, tu vaS.

with the pronoun il/elle/on there is never, never, never an S at the end of the verb : it can be E, T, A : like il chantE, il A, il esT

the verb être (to be)

Présent de l'indicatif (present simple)

je suis

tu ES

il/elle/on esT

nous sommes

vous êtes

ils/elles sont

Source(s): French Native

Answer 2

The present tense of être is

je suis

tu es

il/elle est

nous sommes

vous êtes

ils/elles sont

So es goes with tu, and est goes with il or elle. In the second example, Mike is a third person (you are the first person, the person you are talking to is the second person, and anyone else you're talking about is a third person) and so it's the same as with il - Mike est sympa. If you and who you're talking to already know you're talking about Mike, you'd say "il est sympa", wouldn't you?

Think about how it works in English - you'd say "Mike is cool", not "Mike are cool" ("are" being the form of the verb that goes with "you" - "you are cool", which in French if you're talking to a friend would be "tu es sympa"). French is exactly the same.

Answer 3

Here is the full conjugation of the verb ETRE...

JE SUIS

TU ES

IL EST

NOUS SOMMES

VOUS ETES

ILS SONT

I hope that answers your question

Source(s): I am a native French speaker from Paris.

Answer 4

Il est = he is

tu es = you are.

Not interchangeable.

So in this case, both are "est", because both are 3rd person singular.

Answer 5

French When

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Answer 6

il/elle for etre is est

tu is es

and je is suis

Mike est sympa

il est sympa

es is only for tu (you)

and est is only for he/she/one/name singular

Answer 7

in third person, its alwyas est.

es is for the second person, tu form,

tu es sympa, mike est sympa, il est sympa, louise est sympa, elle est sympa.

Answer 8

It depends