"Il dirige ses animaux vers leur nourriture."
Translation:He steers his animals toward their food.
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I just listened to it and clearly heard the "r" at the end of "leur".
oh god i still have SOOO much to go to get a good french ear.
After seeing your comment and listening to it a couple more times(15+) the R is DEFINITELY in there. The 'eu' sound resembles the 'a' sound so much to me and leur is spelled out so quickly that my brain just completely seemed to block out the 'r' and just went with 'la'. This is my hypothesis at least!
Just listen for some faint gargle sound. French love them gargles. :)
Gargles are good! That's the way I originally learned how to pronounce the French "r." By using the gargle, I get a lot of compliments on my accent from native speakers (which are usually hard to come by), however, my microphone or the program has a hard time recognizing them for some reason.
I used the word "herd," but was, of course marked "incorrect." Nevertheless, that is how I would make that statement in English conversation.
English question from a native English-speaker: Is there a difference between "toward" and "towards"?
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Don't know how long ago this was asked, but in case anyone is still wondering, there is no difference at all; "towards" is probably a little more common in Britain, "toward" in the US, but both are correct anywhere.
'He leads his animals to their food' is accepted and is a more natural translation than the current given one, IMO.
Leading animals makes more sense than steering them, but herding them makes just as much sense in English.
How can I remember when it's "leur" and when it's "leurs"? I mean, how can I remember that it refers to the thing(s) and not to the person(s)?
It is not a matter of things or persons.
"leurs" is always a possessive adjective, agreeing to a plural, masculine or feminine noun:
- leurs chaussures, leurs enfants (their)
"leur" can be the singular for of the latter:
- leur chaussure, leur enfant (their)
"leur" can also be a pronoun meaning "to them" everytime the verb is constructed with preposition "à":
- je leur donne un gâteau (I give them a cake or I give a cake to them)
It wouldn't really make sense to say "their foods," so I assume the same applies in French.
Why isn't the second s in "ses" pronounced? The next word starts with a wovel!
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Were you listening to the slow version? I hear the liaison clearly in the regular speed version. In the slow version, each word is pronounced separately, so you will never hear liaisons in that mode.
nothing in this sentence indicates "her" as opposed to "his" yet the given correct reply says "her animals"
No, yet we have no good reason to think that these animals would be someone else's.