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toxic basinBOT
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Please be patient

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crisp totem
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In 3rd person plural ent isnt pronounced

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Evolution ig

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Idk

steady kettle
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oh ok

outer zinc
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So, first off, it's best to avoid computerized voices to try to learn how to pronounce a language.More generally, google translate and other translation tools are not language learning tools.

Regarding the pronunciation "il" and "ils" and "elle" and "elles" are pronounced identically. Many verb conjugations for 3rd person singular and plural are also pronounced the same (but not always)

steady kettle
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so theres no way to tell between 3rd person singular and plural

steady kettle
outer zinc
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For instances where they would be pronounced the same context is generally enough to tell the difference, but certain high frequency verbs don't have the same pronunciation at all
il est / ils sont
il peut / ils peuvent
il veut / ils veulent

steady kettle
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ok

outer zinc
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in a case like "il mange" vs. "ils mangent", yes the pronunciation is the same, but it's really not hard to tell from context

English is worse in the case of the second person singular vs. plural as you can never tell, except from context
does the "you" in "you are" refer to one or many people
"you can", "you want", etc.

steady kettle
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i didnt even notice lol

hazy viper
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They are pronounced the same in first group verbs and in some third group verbs (cueillir, souffrir, couvrir...). These verbs also need to not start with a vowel because of the liaison which helps you to tell them apart.

scenic crag
steady kettle