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- "You or her?"
"You or her?"
Translation:את או היא?
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It'd be nice if they gave you something like a list of word's with their translation... before or after every exercise.
memrise.com has a course specifically with Duolingo vocabulary. I find it easier to learn the words over there first, and then practice making sentences on Duo :-)
Hopefully this direct link will work. If it doesn't you can search for the course "Duolingo Hebrew":
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The first is masculine singular (אתה) and the second is feminine plural (אתן). So, to continue, (את) is feminine singular and (אתם) is masculine plural. In other words, (אתה) is one man, (את) is one woman, (אתם) is a group of men (but can include women), and (אתן) is a group of women. Hope that helps! :)
This seems to be starting out at too high a level. Why not start by teaching the alphabet, and then progressing to two or three letter words?
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No, it's o, like doda_omi wrote. Also, there are no long or short vowels in Hebrew - they are always pronounced the same.
The word can be pronounced with the English vowel "oo" sound or with the "oh" sound. As a matter of fact, it can be confusing some times in Israel as some people would tell you they live on "Mapu" street and others would tell you they live on "Mapo" street! And you may wonder if it is the same street!
Just for clarity, that's he as in hee, not heh. Sounds exactly like he in English.
Would be great if they told you the words first... In the app... Not in a separate companys app
I have just noticed that the pronouns he and she in Hebrew are mostly the same with the Arabic ones.
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No. את means you (feminine singular). היא means she.
They also allow "you or she" for this sentence, which is the correct translation, but saying "you or her" is more common, that is why they allow this translation, too.
Isn't "היא" for "she"? I believe my response was right: "אתה או אותה" Please comment.
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You can't mix subject and object pronouns like that. It's either אתה או היא or object pronouns אותך או אותה or even לך או לה. But I think they accept only the subject pronouns. The problem is English. It's fairly common to say "you or her" instead of "you or she" - this sounds a bit odd.
How do a use a Hebrew keyboard? It will not let me advance because I can't write in Hebrew from my computer and there is no icon to use a Hebrew simulated keyboard.
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You need to download the Hebrew keyboard on your computer. It's in the language settings. You can google it to find how to do it, if you can't find it yourself.
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Why is there a question mark at the start of the sentence? Hebrew punctuation should come at the end.
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Well שלה is better translated as "hers". This "her" is not שלה, which is a possessive pronoun, but rather a subject pronoun היא or object pronoun אותה, which are only two of several possible correct answers.
