"זה לחם."

Translation: This is bread.

[MattSmith721077]

Why is "this bread" wrong?

[Pumbush]

This bread = הלחם הזה

[hakimomatata]

... which renders it HaLechem HaZeh, right? Meaning, I use the article after the noun, lit. "the bread this"?

[KingDavid77]

why can't it be "this is a bread"?

[daswasserfrau]

Bread is an uncountable noun (in English).

[amweinst]

So hebrew does not distinguish between "this" and "that"?

[Pumbush]

Usually not.
There is the word "ההוא" but we use it less than English use "that".

[Apahegy]

Is this the same way you would say "that is bread" or "is it bread?"

Is this word equivalent to Russian «это»?

[Sparkle]

Don't know the Russian, but can be used both for "that is bread" and "is it bread?" (if you inflect your voice to make it a question)

[pvelikova]

Yes

[danny912421]

ze léchem.

[n.armando]

guys, someone knows a way to read the hebrew pronunciation in english alphabet?, just like the russian course?

[Andrew533134]

Have you seen help page to this lesson?
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/he/Letters-2/tips-and-notes
You can open help on every lesson if open it in the browses.

[taalvaud]

is this read as "ze" or "zi"

[Pumbush]

Zeh

[hectorlqr]

?ז <=>/z/

[BenZeller]

Yes, and that letter, called a zayin, is very easy to get mixed up with a vav (ו), so be careful!

[r0zt13]

Shouldn't "this is a bread" be kinda accepted as well?

[EvaShukevi]

Bet lehem!

[mich858400]

I wrote זא לכם it was accepted !

[danny912421]

You see? Even Duo has given up on correcting you. You've been calling him names, so he's retaliating.

[lonely_panda27]

Difference between זו and זה?

[danny912421]

זה - masculine

זאת and זו - feminine