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Être in French — 5 phrases in 20 seconds
to be · 5 phrases
A 20-second drill built from our Être chart.
🎬 Watch: 5 phrases with « être »
🎧 Narrated by a native French speaker · every line read aloud
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🎬 About this short
A 20-second drill on « être » (to be): five real phrases, a three-second pause to guess, then the meaning. It is built straight from our Être conjugation chart, so once the clip clicks you can go deeper on the same page — every tense, audio for each form, and a practice quiz.
🔊 The five phrases
Je suis étudiant.I’m a student.
C’est une belle journée.It’s a beautiful day.
Hier, j’étais très fatigué.Yesterday I was very tired.
Nous avons été ravis de vous voir.We were delighted to see you.
Je serai chez moi ce soir.I’ll be home tonight.
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