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There is absolutely no mean to differentiate "mange" from "mangent" by ear.
In certain cases, Duolingo needs to accept both answers for example :
- "Il mange" / "Ils mangent"
But in this sentence, it's not Duolingo's fault :).
The difference can be made with "les" (plural) which doesn't sound the same as "la" (singular). When you know it's "les", you know you have to conjugate the verb "manger" to the third person plural which gives you "mangent".
"fils" has a "s" sound at the end, "filles" has a "y" sound at the end. In English sounds, it would make something like "fiss" and "feey".
You can check out these pronunciations from native speakers :
http://www.forvo.com/word/fils/#fr
http://www.forvo.com/word/filles/#fr (watch out, RochT seems to pronounce a "p" sound, which is incorrect)
You mean between singular and plural right ?
- "fille" and "filles" have the same pronunciation.
- "baguette" and "baguettes" have the same pronunciation.
- "mange" and "mangent" have the same pronunciation.
So in this sentence, the two plural indications that you CAN hear are :
- "Les" instead of "Le/la"
- "des" instead of "un/une"
2305
"Baguettes" are a specific kind of French bread. So if it says, "baguettes" in French, it's "baguettes" in English, too. Easy.
2305
Duo would love to ease up on small spelling errors and typos but in the meantime, if you spell a word wrong, it makes the sentence wrong. Then you are highly motivated to spell it correctly next time. Otherwise, it will continue to give you the word which caused the error.
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i'm not a mod but i'd guess that instead of "eating the baguettes" you'd need either "eating baguettes" or "eating some baguettes." if it were "les baguettes" you could translate as "the baguettes" but it's "des" in this case.