are there any French people here?

Question

i wanted to ask you to kindly translate these for me if possible, i looked them up in dictionary but couldn't find the answers.
Qu'est-ce que c'est?
entrez
asseyez-vous!
quvrez vos livres


please tell me why these words are coming with Z here in the last 3 lines?


thanks

Answer 1

In this case, the "ez" (not "z") endings do not refer to the polite form of address but rather refers to the third person imperative tense. I have shown the conjugation below.

Qu'est-ce que c'est? = What is it/this/?
entrez = Enter/come in (imperative)
asseyez-vous! = Sit down (imperative)
quvrez vos livres - should be "ouvrez vos livres" = Open your books (imperative).

tu = you singular; nous = we; vous = you plural

Verb "entrer":
Impératif - positif
(tu) entre
(nous) entrons
(vous) entrez

Impératif - négatif:
(tu) n'entre pas
(nous) n'entrons pas
(vous) n'entrez pas

Verb: Ouvrir (Ouvrez vos livres):
Impératif - positif
(tu) ouvre
(nous) ouvrons
(vous) ouvrez

Impératif - négatif:
(tu) n'ouvre pas
(nous) n'ouvrons pas
(vous) n'ouvrez pas

Answer 2

Qu'est-ce que c'est? = What is this?
Entrez = Come in
Asseyez-vous! = Sit down
Ouvrez vos livres = Open your books

You must be beginning to learn French. (Good for you!) Those are phrases your teacher might use when talking to the whole class. The -ez ending makes the verb into a command, either formal (as if you were talking to the teacher) or plural (as if the the teacher is talking to a number of students).

Some other commands your teacher might use are
Parlez français = Speak French
Écoutez = Listen
Fermez vos livres = Close your books.
Levez la main = Raise your hand(s)
Lisez = Read
Écrivez = Write

You won't find these exact forms in the dictionary because the dictionary usually lists on the infinitive ("to enter," "to be seated," etc.) which ends with the letters -er, -ir or -re in French. The first few letters are usually the same, though, so if you look around, you can find the infinitive.

Answer 3

Qu'est-ce que c'est? = What is it?
entrez = come in
asseyez-vous! = sit down
quvrez vos livres = this is meant to be "ouvrez": open your books

They end in z because they're all polite forms of address which in 99.9% of the cases always end in a z)

Amended: The Goddess of Grammar is right, it's more likely to be plural. Not so much for the please issue: the polite form is polite enough and doesn't require any please like in English. However it says your bookS - so either it's one person with many books or, more likely, several people with many books. Probably a teacher talking to students.

Answer 4

What is it?
Come in.
Sit down.

I think you mean "ouvrez vos livres"--open your books.

In all cases, you're talking to more than one person or talking to someone "formally" (most likely to more than one person, since there are no "please"s or anything). That's "vous" which has conjugations ending in "z"--BUT you don't pronounce the "z". "Ez" is pronounced "ay".

Answer 5

1. What is what its? (that phrase makes no sense)
2. Enter
3. Sit ( say this when speaking to more than one person or to someone you respect)
4. Quvrez isnt in the French language. The rest of the phrase says those or your books

Answer 6

What is it?what is this?
come in
sit down
open you books!


entrez,asseyez and ouvrez, are conjugated at imperative tense;imperative don't require personal pronouns and is only conjugated with:tu,nous and vous;here "vous" is required and with "vous" verbs end with"ez"