"His vehicle is old."
Translation:Sein Fahrzeug ist alt.
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Er = He and Sein = His. You want to say "His vehicle is old", not "He vehicle is old".
Sidenote - Sein is used here because Fahrzeug is neuter. "His" is translated to "Sein" for masculine and neuter nouns, but "His" is translated to "Seine" for feminine nouns.
So for a feminine noun you would say - "Seine bank ist alt"
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It should be better Fluchzeuch to be consistent and even more ambiguous, but it's funny :)
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if something ends in "zeug" e.g. fahrzeug, does it always make the noun gender article das? and therefore "his" is always sein and "her" is always ihr when talking about a zeug? because i believe you say der flug to mean the flight but das flugzeug to mean the aeroplane?
if something ends in "zeug" e.g. fahrzeug, does it always make the noun gender article das?
Yes. The gender of a compound noun is always the same as the gender of the last component.
So since das Zeug is neuter, das Fahrzeug will be neuter as well.
Note that the word fahrzeug that you used does not exist in German. The word has to be spelled with a capital F to be correct (though unfortunately Duo does not check this).
and therefore "his" is always sein and "her" is always ihr when talking about a zeug?
Yes.
i believe you say der flug to mean the flight but das flugzeug to mean the aeroplane?
Nearly correct: it's der Flug, das Flugzeug with capital F on each noun.