"Tamten mężczyzna je."

Translation: That man is eating.

[MattBenet]

Isnt tamten neuter? Is man really a neuter noun?

[juliette2803]

Tamten is masculine and so is man. The neuter form is "tamto", e.g. tamto dziecko (that child)

[serlux]

yes, it's masculine

[jenretten]

Mężczyzna is masculine but why does it end with a?

[biggleman]

mężczyzna is one of the few exceptions

[JASON95450]

yea i thought if it ends in a consonant its masculin?

[Schelmuffsky]

Native English speakers:
do you really say "THAT apple is tasty" and not "This apple is tasty"?

[Jellei]

Not a native, but I'm pretty sure they say both, depending what they mean. If the apple is close or somewhere further.

[marbleox]

If it is in my hand i would say "this apple", if I am pointing to it I might say either (this/that), but if it has been mentioned already in the conversation I would always use either "that" or "it". Example: "What do you think of this apple?" "That apple is tasty" or "It is tasty", but replying with "This apple is tasty" would sound weird to me unless i was pointing to it.

[Amkennon]

There's exceptions. It's always masculine if you're talking about a man and vice versa.

[BenjaminFryc]

Why cant duolingo teach any of this

[Jellei]

Any of what?

[elinjen]

is this in the nominative case?

[Jellei]

Yes, the subject of the sentence (That man) takes Nominative.

[duke485553]

E.g If you were in possession of the apple you would say "this apple is tasty". If not in possession then it would be "that apple is tasty". "That" would also be used for past tense, "that apple was tasty".