"Les oiseaux volent au-dessus de l'océan."

Translation: The birds are flying over the ocean.

[n6zs]

It's helpful to know that "au-dessus" is not pronounced as three syllables, but only two, i.e., odsy. Maybe the hyphenated word confuses the computerized TTS. Compare also to the word for "below/under/underneath", au-dessous, pronounced odsu.

[Sitesurf]

It depends on where you live. Many French natives do pronounce 3 syllables, just like this:

https://forvo.com/search/au-dessus/

[Kevin968039]

Thank you for that info, that's very helpful.

[juande95]

In the audio there's no 'liaison' when the speaker says 'les oiseaux' it's exactly pronounced as 'le oiseau', why is it like that?

[paeonia001]

It has the liaison now (March 2018).

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

The female voice still doesn't pronounce the liaison (October 2018).

[Suchiththa]

Correct, but it does sound different to le oiseau given the vowel in les is different.

[PeaceJoyPancakes]

Yes, definitely.

[IanCooper0]

Why is "Birds fly over the ocean " incorrect

[InvertedGo]

It is now accepted. 03Sep2019

[wharrgarrrrbl]

The birds fly above the sea. Why not?

[AmineHadji1]

the sea = la mer
the ocean = l'océan

[stevendereknoble]

True, but Brits would say "sea" even if the birds were flying above the Atlantic. I think the only times we tend to say "ocean" are when referring to "the world's oceans" or a specific ocean.