Plural "les" verb usage: "est" or "sont"?

Question

In any sentence with plural objects, such as:

Les sandwichs...

Would I use the être plural sont, or the object standard third person est.

Les sandwichs sont bon.

or:

Les sandwichs est bon.

Thanks,

Alex

Answer 1

"Sont".

You never use "est" with plural.

And because "les sandwichs" are the subject, you also need to add an "s" to "bon"

Les sandwichs sont bons.

Answer 2

Unlike English, French has six different conjugations. It has three for singular subjects, and three for plural subjects. They are pretty straightforward:

• First person singular ("je"; I)
• Second person singular ("tu"; singular you)
• Third person singular ("il", "elle", "on", any singular object; he and she)
• First person plural ("nous"; we)
• Second person plural ("vous"; plural you)
• Third person plural ("ils", "elles", any plural object; they)

So you're right that "est" is third person, but it is third person singular. Because your subject is third person plural, you need to use "sont".

Les sandwichs sont bons.