"הברווז שלי נח."

Translation:My duck is resting.

June 21, 2016

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/LettuceChu

As a native speaker I have never used that sentence.

This will be my motto for life. "My duck is having a rest." - Duolingo 2016


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Tzipity

So if you visit another country (or currently live outside of Israel) and someone asks you to speak Hebrew, you have a new go-to sentence. Or you could try to start your own slang. How's your duck today? ;)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/danny912421

ha-barváz shelí nach.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Arancaytar

The duck is probably tired from calling me so much.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Wompa77

Oh Danny Boy, the ducks, the ducks are calling...


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/CarmiW
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"My duck is resting." seems closer to the meaning.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Julie874766

That's what I was thinking/wondering.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tsuj1g1r1

Well, if a gorilla can have a pet cat, why can't an owl have a pet duck?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/tu.8zPhLySD9eGoy

Why wasn't 'drake' accepted? It's one of the hover-on definitions!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/FjTw16

Even ducks have a rest, and I don't (


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/IceCubeWater

Is that even legal!?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/A-Lamanite

"would my duck is taking a nap" work?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/emc752906

No. "resting" and "taking a nap" are definitely not the same thing.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/IngeborgHa14

Well, לָקַח תְּנוּמָה could work (תְּנוּמָה is a slumber, a nap), but sounds a lot like a loan translation. Maybe one better says מְנַמְנֵם (to nap, doze is נִמְנֵם).


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Dawn699669

I rest my duck after I've cooked it!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Walter375725

Jokes aside, but what is wrong (grammatically) with "my duck has a rest" ?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Julie874766

I don't know but it makes "rest" sound like a physical object. It sounds like the duck owns "a rest" whatever that would be.

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