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Notre voisin a trois enfants et quatre chiens.

Notre voisin a trois enfants et quatre chiens.
Our neighbor has three children and four dogs.
From Lesson 28:Numbers 1 to 20·French

Questions & Answers about Notre voisin a trois enfants et quatre chiens.

Do I pronounce the s at the end of trois in this sentence?
Yes, you do! Usually, the final s in trois is silent. However, because the next word enfants starts with a vowel sound, you make a spoken connection called a liaison. The s is pronounced like a z sound.
Do numbers like trois and quatre change if the noun is feminine?
No, cardinal numbers like trois and quatre stay exactly the same whether they describe masculine or feminine nouns. Only the number un changes to une for feminine nouns.
Why is it Notre voisin instead of Nos voisin?
Possessive adjectives in French match the noun being owned. Notre is used because the noun it describes, voisin, is singular. We would only use nos if the noun itself was plural, like in nos voisins.
Are the plural s endings on enfants and chiens pronounced?
No, the plural s at the end of French words is almost always silent. You know there is more than one child or dog simply because of the numbers trois and quatre placed right before them.

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