how to pronounce était

/e.tɛ/

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était is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of était in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… parce que le reste était de la merde et …”

meanings of était

verb:

Third-person singular imperfect indicative of être.

était frequency in french - A1 level of CEFR

the word était occurs in french on average 1634.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.