milkmanoffical

[opaque knoll]

Please be patient

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[merry peak]

Yes

[spark drum]

parle, parles, and parlent all sound exactly the same

furthermore, il parle and ils parlent are indistinguishable

[inner chasm]

“il” and “ils” even sound the same?

[wild hound]

yes, the -s il ils/elles is silent

liaison can still occur though
in the sentence "il__s__ ont un chat", you have to pronounce it using a /z/ sound

[inner chasm]

Ah ok, thanks!

[severe yoke]

ils ont and ils sont? Are they pronounced the same? If not how do we differenciate it?

[versed sequoia]

No, ils sont is with the /s/ sound (because the verb is sont and starts with this sound) while ils ont is with the /z/ sound (due to the liaison).