"И Дима, и Вера — их дети."
Translation:Both Dima and Vera are their children.
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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.
In English I think we would more naturally say "Dima and Vera are both their children" which DL accepts.
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).
Dima and Vera are their children is correct in English. "both" is redundant and would be used only for emphasis
"Both" is more acceptable here than in the previous answer but it implies that there might be some doubt about their parentage.
I was not able to hear well enoughto distinguish их, i heard another и, and thought it was just a strange fragment.
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.
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?
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
It doesn't mean anything. It's just placed instead of a verb that is omitted here, to make the sentence more clear visually. But in this case the dash is optional.
