"(They) are.." is an English equivalent of the French word sont. The third person singular verb of the present indicative may be preceded by the third person plural pronouns elles or ils, as the respectively feminine and masculine equivalents of "they." The pronunciation will be "(el) son" or "(eel) son" in French.
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Ils sont in French means "They are" in English.
Sont-elles chanteuses? in French means "Are they (girl) singers?" in English.
Sont un peu gros in French means "Are a bit gross" in English.
"Qui sont les autochtones" is translated "who are the natives?" in English.
You can say "Ils sont ennuyeux" in French to express "they are boring."
"What are your plans for today?" in English is Quels sont vos projets pour aujourd'hui? in French.
In French, "these are" is translated as "ce sont" or "voici" depending on the context.
"The days of the week are..." is a literal English equivalent of the incomplete French phrase Les jours de la semaine sont... . The pronunciation will be "ley zhoor duh la suh-men so" in French.
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"What have they become?" is a literal English equivalent of the French phrase Que sont-ils devenus? The masculine plural question also translates less literally as "What became of them?" and "What happened to them?" in English. The pronunciation will be "kuh so-teel du-vu-nyoo" in Alsatian and Cevenol French.
"They're there!" is an English equivalent of the French phrase Sont là! The declarative/exclamatory sentence represents colloquial, conversational, friendly, informal French whereby pronouns -- elles or ils, in this case -- are not included since verb endings make the subject clear. The pronunciation will be "so la" in French.
"Les trois mois de l'hiver sont" means "The three months of winter are", or, if it was a question, the answer is "décembre, janvier, février".