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How are you supposed to differentiate between "Elle casse" and "Elles cassent"?
Going by audio alone, and with no context, you can't. Both should be accepted.
elle casse = ɛl kɑs
elles cassent = ɛl kɑs
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/elle#French
http://wiki.verbix.com/Languages/French?averb=casser=k%C9%91se#toc4
I agree that it is impossible to differentiate between the singular and plural simply with the audio. They both sound the same and either one should be accepted.
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Yes, I answered 'Elle casse' and the correct green sign was in plural. Anyway it took me as correct.
Okay, I see many complaints about how DuoLingo should accept both singular and plural from those listening to the audio track, but did anyone report it? I will report it then.
En français, il n'y a aucune différence dans la prononciation du pluriel et du singulier pour cette phrase. Il est impossible de les différencier sans contexte. Les deux réponses devraient être acceptées.
Because they don't monitor these comments - they are primarily for users to ask and answer each other's questions. If it's something Duolingo needs to fix, you have to use the reporting feature. Commenting is not going to reach them.
Duolingo is still not accepting the singular "elle casse" in this question. Please note that although the comments below suggest this error was reported, it has not yet been changed. I will report it again now.
This site is free. They are supporting multiple languages. Report it, move on and get any learning that doesn't happen in the questions here in the forum. Do you want to learn french or get more lingots? I want to learn french myself. We won't forget this lesson right? I'm sure everyone here was able to read and understand the response from PoupidouK in these comments in French. Good practice, and in context.
'elle casse' is still not being accepted, so I'll try reporting it as well - do you get the impression no-one is listening to us?
I wish I could report it. Despite many complaints through "support" I still cannot report anything . So frustrating!
How can this be reported since they sound the same. How is one to know if it is singular or plural?
Why is "they break glasses" not deemed as acceptable as "they are breaking glasses"? ?
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Why isn't "Elle caisse des verres." an accepted answer for the audio here? There is no way to tell the difference?
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Actually not. Check this link: https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/present-simple-and-present-continuous
