"C'est une chienne ?"
Translation:Is it a dog?
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This puzzles me a bit. "Une chienne" is clearly feminine, and "c'est" infront of an article may very well mean "She is", so why is "She is a dog" considered not correct?
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Ah, I guess I overlooked the question mark. However, I then think that the only correct translation is "Is she a dog (and any variations of a female dog)?", not any "it" or "he".
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True, as in most modern languages, hundred years ago it was a different story. But, in this specific case where the dog is explicitly a "chienne" you have to, in one way or another, establish that it is a female dog. Using a pronoun, I would opt for "she", using a noun, people suggests bitch, which to me sounds a bit vulgar, I might be wrong here.
I don't understand and this puzzles me somewhat. "Une chienne" is clearly feminine, and "c'est" in front of an article may very well mean "She is", so why is "She is a dog" considered not correct, especially when I hovered over the statement to be translated.., and it indicated that the correct translation would be "She is a dog???
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When you have to pronounce it is really buggy. Never got a correct one, even when using the audio from the clip