"הן נשים."
Translation:They are women.
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Okay, apparently the select the missing word questions do not like right to left - the sentence temporarily came out as נשים הן instead of הן נשים. Colour me momentarily confusled... 8-o
I figured! It struck me as amusing as much as anything. Though very confusing for a moment!
It hasn' t been for at least 2 years, so doubtful. Duo seems to only care about European languages.
Oh dear! It's been working right for me for a while (Safari on iOS). Maybe the fix isn't universal :(
IF YOU NEED:
PLURAL <- SINGER
אני -> אנחנו (I -> we: Common)
אתה -> אתם (.you -> you: Mas)
את -> אתן (you -> you: Female)
הוא -> הם (He -> they)
היא -> הן (She -> they)
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If anything the question should be why isn't it "אישות" because the singular is "אישה".
There's an old Aramaic word for man that made it into Hebrew: "נש". Although it is masculine, this is used mostly as a gender-neutral person. And yet נשים is obviously derived from that while still being the plural of אישה.
So the answer to your "why" question is "because languages are weird"
HTH
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I just saw your post about women vs. woman. I thought that there was some sort of glitch and that my answer should have been accepted. Now I'm beginning to think I'm not working lol
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Does that mean that you wrote "you are womAn" for הן נשים? Yes, that is a mistake, not a glitch in the system.
You are a womAn - את אישה
You are womEn - הן נשים