The verb être (to be) is irregular (it doesn't conjugate the same way as most verbs ending in -re).
Learn how to conjugate ÊTRE (to be) in Le Présent (Indicatif) in French
je | suis |
tu | es |
il/elle/on | est |
nous | sommes |
vous | êtes |
ils/elles | sont |
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