"И Дима, и Вера — их дети."

Translation: Both Dima and Vera are their children.

[ChemaxSidd]

Is it really necessary to start the sentence with the word both? It seems to me that simply saying: "Dima and Vera are their kids" is sufficient in this situation.

[Shady_arc]

It is not necessary.

[Imnuts7]

I couldn't hear the х sound

[Shady_arc]

Strictly speaking, you have got the [ɣ] sound here because «х» happens to be followed by «д» immediately. Fortunately, this speech synth does pronounce this correctly (there are other tricky combinations, though).

[andrewseag]

"Both" is more acceptable here than in the previous answer but it implies that there might be some doubt about their parentage.

[Donald135335]

Dima and Vera are their children is correct in English. "both" is redundant and would be used only for emphasis

[ateven5]

I was not able to hear well enoughto distinguish их, i heard another и, and thought it was just a strange fragment.

[Shady_arc]

In normal speech Х is voiced in this environment, a bit similar to the consonant in "uh-huh". Depending on which languages you speak, that sound before a D may sound odd.

[GabrielBer689099]

why is it used И this way here?

[Shady_arc]

To express both ... and ..., use и ... , и .... :

• и хлеб, и молоко = both bread and milk

However, in English "both -and" and "neither -nor" only can connect two things. In Russian you can extend this list by adding more elements with И (or НИ).

[akincimd]

и вера и дима их дети I think It is right and should be accepted no dropdown for my sentence is right, because of that I could not report it. Where is the — at the keyboard?

[SACHISONAWANE24]

Even if i say Dima properly they say it is wrong

[matthough4]

How are we supposed to know when to put a - in the sentence?
It marks you wrong if you don't do it but the speach synths almost never pronounce a pause