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Aujourd'hui, ils récoltent le blé dans le champ.

Aujourd'hui, ils récoltent le blé dans le champ.
Today, they are harvesting the wheat in the field.
From Lesson 108:The pronoun of quantity (en)·French

Questions & Answers about Aujourd'hui, ils récoltent le blé dans le champ.

This lesson is about the pronoun en. How would I change this sentence to say 'They are harvesting some (of it)'?
You would say Ils en récoltent. The pronoun en replaces the quantity and the noun (du blé), and it always goes right before the conjugated verb.
How do I pronounce the -ent at the end of récoltent?
You don't! For the ils and elles (they) forms of regular -er verbs, the -ent ending is completely silent. You pronounce récoltent exactly like the singular form récolte.
I've seen the phrase sur-le-champ. Is that related to dans le champ?
They use the same word for field (champ), but have very different meanings. Dans le champ literally means 'in the field,' like the physical place. Sur-le-champ is a common expression that means 'right away' or 'immediately.' Also, remember that the p at the end of champ is always silent!
I've heard French people use le blé to talk about something other than wheat. What does it mean?
Good catch! In everyday French slang, le blé is a very common way to say 'money,' much like 'dough' or 'bread' in English. In this sentence, though, since they are harvesting it in a field, it just means 'wheat.'

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