"Le garçon mange le chocolat."

[chearami]

it's crazy hard to hear the difference between the singular and plural here...just saying.

[Macklebeed]

Le - sound like the 'ou' part in dough
Les - sounds like the 'ay' part in day

Ou and ay not so similar if you listen carefully

Learning French: 3 years

[misterbusz]

Agreed. Its driving me crazy.

[bio-x]

Idiomatic English does not use "the" chocolate. We would just say "chocolate."