"Ne faites plus d'expériences sur les animaux."
Translation:Don't do experiments anymore on animals.
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'Don't do experiments on animals anymore' sounds more natural as an English translation and should be accepted given the immovability of 'plus' in French.
It really doesn't sound like "faites" at normal speed. Reported.
If you listen to the slow version you can hear the 't' in 'faites', but I agree that the normal speed sounds like 'fais/fait'. But, knowing that this is a command, it would be 'fais' the second person singular imperative form of the verb.
The "t" sound in "vous faites" is always enunciated. Although it's incorrect grammar (assuming you typed everything else as spoken), you're right that the audio says "fais"/"fait".
Many examples of pronunciation of expressions with "vous faites" by native speakers: https://forvo.com/search/vous%20faites/
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Why does duo seem to think that "anymore" is a word? Every time I write "any more" it tells me I have left a space. Is this an American thing?
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No, Hemmingway wrote it as two words. It seems people naturally want to make it conform to the others such as anyone, anything, anyhow, anywhere, etc. but any more and any longer remain officially two separate words.
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In American English, the adverb is usually written as one word and the determiner as two words: "don't do experiments anymore" versus "don't do any more experiments". Not everyone follows this rule, of course.
Why it is not ... des expériences... when the expériences is plural?
Good question. The answer is because the phrase "plus de..." is not followed by an article, just as in "beaucoup de..." Hope that helps.
It is 'de' and not 'des' because of the negation ne . . . plus.
Ne ... pas de Ne . . . Jamais de Etc
As an English speaker I would naturally say "Don't do any more experiments on animals."
Why 'les' animaux instead of 'des' animaux? It is not a definite number, so just asking...
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Use les to form a categorical statement or generalization. Hint: the English equivalent will have zero articles in front of the noun.
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"Don't do more experiments on the animals." Why is this wrong? It looks like the French sentence.
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I think that it should be accepted. I wrote something similar: "Don't do more experiments on animals." Although neither one comes up frequently in conversation (thankfully), they are both grammatically good English and don't sound particularly awkward to my ears.
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Ne faites plus d'expériences = don't do experiments anymore
Ne faites pas plus d'expériences = don't do more experiments
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Probably because you have changed the object from "the animals" to "experiments" and used "animal" as an adjective - which is not the same construction as the French statement.
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It is NOT necessary to translate any language to another maintaining original construction. Translating to convey meaning and feeling is what is required. "In the evening, I watch television." and "I watch television in the evening." convey exactly the same meaning. Using your assertion that original construction must be maintained, could you please translate the following?
Dans ce cas-là, je ne le lui aurais jamais rendu.
How would you say "don't do more experiments on animals" in French?