My Only Choice is French
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french animal is pronounced animahl and is singular (1 animal)
french animaux is pronounced animoe and is the plural of animal (more than 1 animal)
as in english, the plural is normally used unless you are talking about a specific animal. "Je vais voir des animaux" = "I am going to see the animals", rather than "Je vais voir l'animal" = "I am going to see the animal"
Thank you,
The conversation was sort of cluttered. I wrote down the word Hippo, and tried to say it the way I believe it was pronounced.
Neither girl recognized the word, and the one finally did. The one that did not, suddenly realize it was an Animal, and said,
Animoe or maybe Animax. I was trying to explain and maybe used the word Animal or Animahl, the one suddenly blurted out.
Animoe
We was talking about a specific Animal, the Hippo.
The bottom line is this, when I know the singular, plural and the different sounds. I will be able to better discern if it is me or them that speaks French poorly.
The mixing of Mina and French is constant, and when there is more than two persons talking with me, they switch in and out of Mina, thinking in Mina, sometimes answering in French, or talking together in Mina.
It is much easier to talk with one person than two.