It is definitely never correct. Needs to be fixed.

I think the program just gets confused, because the s IS pronounced in the word "est" meaning "east". The verb, however, is never pronounced this way.

I am a French person and I can tell you that this is NEVER correct! I signaled it.

Où est-elle?-and the pronunciation of other liaisons you can find and the person who pronounced ""eSt-il"" can find the correct pronunciation here, one of the bests: http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/pronunciation/liaison.html-on this page there are only liaisons. This link is subordinated the link: http://www.languageguide.org/french/grammar/pronunciation/index.html

It sounds like she's saying ¨Ton chapeau est-ce-t-il doux¨!

They can't fix individual words or sentences. They can only change the whole voice which could introduce more errors than it solves. There are thousands of sentences to check so it's not a small task!

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I used this sentence and duo marked me correct

no comma

To be specific, in colloquial speech, one might say "Ton chapeau est doux?" (with the appropriate intonation,) but in standard French, there always has to be an inversion of the subject and the verb in questions. But, because things can't be simple, one can't say "Est ton chapeau doux?," so the stated subject stays in place and a placeholder subject pronoun is put in the typical inverted position, i.e. after the verb, which gives "Ton chapeau est-il doux?."

(Extra credit: Because of that, the [t] sound is always present in yes/no questions. That is to say, if you change "Ton fils mange du pain" into a question, it becomes "Ton fils mange-t-il du pain?", with an extra <t> to indicate the presence of that sound.)

"Ton chapeau est doux" is a statement - translation: "Your hat is smooth." Ton chapeau est-il doux? is a question - literal translation: "Your hat is it smooth?" but the translation "Is your hat smooth?" sounds more correct in english.

their accents made me laugh, now i know why noone will speak french to me in france...

Because chapeau (nm) chapeau doux . If the noun was feminine as une almonde (nf) we would say :almonde douce. Adjective: doux(m) /douce (f)

Doux modifies a masculine noun and douce a feminine.

I knitted it myself out of the softest cashmere yarn. I have worn many a scratchy hat and appreciate a soft one.

A man probably would not ask this. But a woman very well might (although not this particular woman).

I find it helpful to practise by saying simple English sentences in the French order.

@JonProhet

The "il" is used here so that we can ask a question using inversion.

You know that there are three ways to ask a question in French.

We can put "est-ce que" in front of a statement. "Est-ce que ton chapeau est doux"

We can use a rising intonation of the voice to turn a statement into a question. So as you suggest - "Ton chapeau est doux?" would also be correct.

Or we can use inversion. DL is showing use that in order to use inversion we have to use a pronoun - in this case "il".

No. See jolynnedougherty's answer above..