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Leurs amandes sont très croquantes.

Leurs amandes sont très croquantes.
Their almonds are very crunchy.
From Lesson 243:Indefinite pronouns of subset (quelques-uns, quelques-unes)·French

Questions & Answers about Leurs amandes sont très croquantes.

Why does Leurs have an -s at the end?
In French, possessive adjectives must agree with the noun they modify. Even though the English word 'their' already refers to multiple owners, you must add an -s to leur to make it leurs because the things being owned (amandes) are plural.
How do I know to put an -es at the end of croquantes?
Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. Because amande is a feminine noun, and here it is plural (amandes), the base adjective croquant (crunchy) takes the feminine plural ending -es to become croquantes.
Is the -s at the end of Leurs pronounced here?
Yes! Normally the final -s on leurs is silent, but because the next word (amandes) starts with a vowel, you must make a mandatory liaison. It sounds like a 'z' connecting the two words.
If I wanted to follow up this sentence by saying 'I want a few of them' (referring to the almonds), which pronoun should I use?
You would use quelques-unes. Because amande is a feminine noun, the indefinite pronoun referring to a subset of them must also be feminine (-unes) rather than the masculine quelques-uns.

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