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Bonjour! I had always thought that conjugations like "voulons" and "voulez" were pronounced differently before vowels vs. consonants.  For example, I thought "vous voulez de l'eau" would be pronounced "vu vu-lay de l'oh" but "vous voulez une glace" would be pronounced "vu vu-laise une glace."  Similarly, "nous voulons de l'eau" would be pronounced "nu vu-lohn de l'oh" (not sure how best to represent the french nasal N) but "nous voulons une glace" would be pronounced "nu vu-lonz une glace."

I notice in the pronunciation sound guides above, however, that the endings of the words are not pronounced prior to a vowel.  

Am I wrong about pronunciation before vowels or are the sound clips incorrect?

The question was:

Je décris les gens et je ________ parfaitement.

I describe people and I describe you perfectly.

Since the English "you" could be translated as either "tu" or "vous", the following two answers should be correct:

te décris

vous décrivez

I wrote the second one but was marked as incorrect.

4.......................heure est -il  maintenant?

quel

quelle

quels

quelles

5...................temps fait-il?

quel

quelle

quelles

quels

6.............................maisons vous conviennent?

quel

quels

quelle

quelles

7............................livres sont les tiens?

quel

quelle

quelles

Est-ce que "loin" on utilise pour measurer la distance et "long" por la duree?

Bonjour à tous:  Je me demande que j'arrive à utiliser une autre phrase: . Je sais que je dois utiliser la première phrase.  C'est possible d'utiliser la deuxième phrase?