"Tu manges un œuf."
Translation:You are eating an egg.
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the pronunciation of "oeuf" is funny indeed, but we need the real pronunciation, not the one that the Duolingo's robot recorded, so: Can anyone spell the correct pronunciation?
Yes, the pronounciation of "œuf" is really bad here. It seems she had hiccups. Let's report it with the "report" button! (Usually people are complaning about pronounciation, even if they are perfectly fine for natives, but here, you're right)
Note: There's an important thing to know about "œuf": you pronounce it "euf" (see my audio link) when it's singular, but the pronounciation change when it's "œufs" (plural), you would pronounce it "eu" without the "f" sound.
Singular: http://fr.forvo.com/word/oeuf/
Yes, always. For instance, Bœuf = ox, Sœur = sister.
For other examples, see here. https://sites.google.com/site/motsetsons/oeu
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Does that carry the same meaning of someone disconnected from the real world effects because of over intellectualising.
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Breaking out rulers to see if my undeniably bald forehead is also high. Uh oh, not looking good.
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When you learn a word, make a point of learning the appropriate article. The article always makes the gender clear both in print and sound. Tie the article to the word so that it is a part of the imprint of the word that you form in your mind. If you think of la pomme not pomme you can't forget what gender it is. The article isn't an annoyance that has to be dealt with. It is your friend that enables you to easily remember gender.
There are no simple rules that make knowing the gender of new words easy to determine. You can improve your successful guess rate by remembering that there are approximately thirty per cent more masculine words than feminine in French, that many words that end with an e in French are feminine and that there is a historical general preference for the masculine usage in French.
Unfortunately what ever logic there was ages ago, when gender was being assigned to most words in French, is no longer visible to modern students.
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Interesting,even though DL has had a complete overhaul & presents a brand new version of itself this morning....the female still hiccups her way through saying oeuf!!!!!
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:] Have to say I was quite thrown by the new look DL ce matin, I'm too old for change!!! ;}