"Les membres du gouvernement sont en vacances."

Translation: The members of the government are on vacation.

[Alex247537]

Why do we need the second the in the sentence, I know it is a literal translation but it does not flow in English

[Stick.to.it]

Exactly! I missed this over and over again before realizing I had to put in the awkward second "the" to pass.

[doublelingot]

les membres du gouvernement - the government members

[TJShannon1]

yes indeed, another silly ding by Duo.

[herw4ld]

Ted cruz moment

[SuhailBanister]

The sentence above appears to be about "government* in a parliamentary system: that is, the prime minister and the heads of major departments--about 100 people. Civil servants and the like work for the government but they aren't government themselves.

[Martyn413385]

Vite - c’est le meilleur moment pour un coup d’état!

[jsrambal]

Aren't they always...

[falacartoon]

This app is awful and it's questions are dumb and idiot like this ugly owl!!!!!!