Topic: French

"Elles ont réduit l'alcool dans ce vin."

Translation:They reduced the alcohol in this wine.

February 26, 2013

13 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/id416
  • 7

Un crime!

October 6, 2014
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/unbekannt1011010
  • 20

Ce n'est pas un Crime. Thanks Sitesurf

March 15, 2019
https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
Mod

    "Ce n'est pas un crime."

    March 15, 2019
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/lkt005

      pourquoi pas 'THAT wine' ?

      February 26, 2013
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/NickDaniel1
      • 11

      'Elles'is feminine so why not 'réduite'?

      September 26, 2014
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Camerican

        Generally, only past participles following être require agreement and here avoir is the auxiliary verb. [about.com article]

        November 1, 2014
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Eden558152

          Why isn't "they HAVE reduced the alcohol in this wine "correct?

          August 23, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/sotnosen93
          • 19

          That is accepted now.

          December 7, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FisherLiz

            Health & Safety Regulations, I'd guess. Ruin everything.

            June 2, 2014
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LSadun
            Plus
            • 392

            I was surprised by the elision in the sentence. I would have expected "Elles ont" to sound like "El zont", but instead it sounds like "El eh zont". Is that extra syllable correct, or is it a computer glitch?

            June 4, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Sitesurf
            Mod

              It is the French schwa, often used in the south of France.

              https://frenchcrazy.com/2013/04/the-french-schwa.html/

              December 7, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/nina932541

                Why elles and not ils?

                March 31, 2019
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JirkaR
                • 2151

                Why "the alcohol"? It's general, isn't it? I'm not native English.

                August 3, 2019
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