"זה ספר יפֶה."
Translation:This is a nice book.
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I don't like that you can't listen to it slowly, like in the other languages I learn. For me it's still so hard and what I hear is just 'seseferiufer'... I don't make a sentence of that.
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In the other languages they use an automated voice, which is easier to program to slow down. There is no automated voice for Hebrew (anywhere in the world, so I hear), so all the audio is recorded by a living person. Hence there are more limitations.
They now have an option on the app (not the site) to slow down the Hebrew speech.
Why "Nice" every other time beautiful has been correct. I have some very beautiful books
Why does it insist on the nikkud under the פ? Would that normally be used in writing? My keyboard doesn't have a way to type nkkud, but duolingo called it a typo without it.
Was it an audio exercise by any chance? For some reason, Duolingo expects nikkud in audio exercises, and marksman a lack of nikkud as a typo, even though it's not a problem anywhere else. It's a fault of the software; I am not a native speaker, but as far as I know, it's normal to simply write יפה and for the difference in pronunciation to be derived from context.
You could try the Hebrew Nikud Keyboard Free in Google Play. I use it with my Samsung Galaxy S7 and it works quite good. When I swipe down I can switch between the standard Hebrew keyboard and this fancier one.
Yes and no. Traditionaly most letters have nikkudot to help with knowing which word is which and pronunciation. Like in the multiple choice it had the generic and femme version of יפה. Thus they put the nikkudot. But more modern lessons have removed nikkudot. I can't say how its done in Israel but my school had an Israeli teacher for 4th grade who removed nikkudot entirely for עברית class while the American teachers insisted on learning All nikkudot to read the חומש. I personally have never been able to read too well with out nikkudot, I always mess something up.
Why is there is no translation shown? Ther was an Audio and I should type what I hear. I was right but the translation is not shown anymore...
I never heard of someone with the problem of not having the translation shown. The translation here is
This is a nice book.
I thought that ספר was a fem. word. So shouldn't the answer be זאת ספר יפה instead of זה ספר יפה ?
No, that would be הספר הזה יפה. It takes a while, but you'll get used to making the distinction.
Why can't "this book is nice" be acceptable too? I am always marked incorrect when I write "this book is nice" but IMHO both translations mead the same thing.
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This is a nice book - זה ספר יפה
This book is nice - הספר הזה יפה.
They might be similar, but they are are not the same. They are different grammatically and Duo wants us to understand the nuances of language.
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Deborah, there are multiple posts in this thread that answer that very question already.