Why is it "les oiseaux chantent" instead of "les oiseaux sont chantent?"
Birds are singing
Ray51
March 12, 2015
toru e
March 12, 2015
In French, the present (de l'indicatif) is used to signify both just the action of the verb (the birds sing) or the present participle of the verb, "are __ing" (the birds are singing), so the auxiliary/helper verb être isn't needed. [i.e. Je chante can mean, "I sing", "I am singing", or "I do sing".]