"הנשים יפות."
Translation:The women are pretty.
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Ahhh, so if the noun is definite, then the adjective needs to be definite too!
I know this is the grammar, but I keep forgetting! Any tips to help remember the distinction? Toda.
You find Introduction to adjectives here:
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/he/Introduction-to-adjectives
If on mobile: Request desctop site!
Ok so יפות and יפה have been translated as "beautiful" throughout all these lessons - all of a sudden i am wrong and its now translated as "pretty"??? Crazy. Besides, both english words mean basically tge same thing.
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The womEn are beautiful.
Duolingo is very strict on not mixing womAn and womEn. I've lost count how many times I was dinged for making this mistake.
Due to audio, I feel my answer should be accepted to the audio only question. I wrote: הן נשים יפות.
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Not really. Tha audio says "ha-nashim" - he pronounces the "A" in "ha" very clearly. Your example would make it "hen nashim".
How is "The women are handsome" wrong. The only difference in these lessons between handsome and pretty is in genders, which is absolute BS
I had no exposure to Hebrew before I started Duolingo. With that said, it would be easier to learn and understand if he spoke slowly. When I press the button to make the audio slow down nothing happens. Does anyone know of any good resources to help me hear the words more slowly and clearly spoken?
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Other courses use computer voiced (Text-to-Speech system) and Hebrew uses voice actors. Duolingo wasn't interested in recording individual words and was not interested in investing additional funds into sound editing, so the turtle button does nothing in this course. Because of the audio problems, one of the course contributors created a parallel course on Memrise, which contains individual words and gives their pronunciation.
https://app.memrise.com/course/1031737/hebrew-duolingo/