"הסרטן אוכל אפרסק."

Translation: The crab is eating a peach.

[chordata96]

That's a crab with expensive taste....

[CarissaS103]

The crab eats like a sultan.

[Ilchymis]

Well that rules out Mr. Krabs. Or does it...

[Audrey261145]

Where do you live? Peaches are not expensive in the USA.

[alinarj7]

At least he's not eating a boy...

[chordata96]

will crabs really eat peaches?

[Hippopigamus]

Well, I realized I don't actually know what crabs eat. Turns out there is a whole website devoted to that. It's called What do crabs eat?

[RoseDark94]

ha'sartan okhel afarsek

[nirc2]

הסרטן אוכל כל חלקה טובה

[AnCatDubh]

(To clarify: סַרְטָן also means ‘cancer’, as in the disease and the zodiac sign.)

[JohnMohr2]

The cancer eats a peach. I suppose that could possibly happen. :)

[AnCatDubh]

I’m a cancer, and I quite like peaches...

[Learning117]

Who knew that peaches were a universal food for all animals and insects? :-)

[ZeevVP]

Why is "סרטן" only "a crab" and not "a cancer"?

[FaizaMazhar]

Interestingly the word "סרטן" means "Cancer" in my language too.. its pronounced pretty much similarly too "سرطان" (sar-taan) in Urdu..

[dieprinzessin]

And in Arabic - it also means the disease

[leysont]

In German 'Krebs' means both crab and cancer, just like Hebrew.

[TomTendroc]

I love you

[synp]

Context. Cancers don't eat peach.

[AugelloG]

In spanish, we say "Cangrejo" for crab, and "cancer" for the disease and zodiac sign

[urikelman]

Euphemism?

[IngeborgHa14]

Well, I guess not all food-related slang works in Hebrew too. The only slang word I know is כּוּס, which is, well, a bit risqué.

[jovonte6]

How do you say crab

[IroKounadi]

Am I the only one who hears "ha-saLtan" instead of "ha-saRtan"? Should I report it, or is it a pronunciation variation?

[synp]

It sounds right to me. The reish is usually not trilled by most speakers when it doesn't have a vowel (uses the shva nikkud).

[Heather359279]

That's how i hear it too

[Ephraem2]

What will be this then: The crab eats a peach?

[synp]

Same thing. The subtle differences in meaning conveyed by using the present continuous/progressive tense rather than the present simple tense does not exist in Hebrew.

You have to understand from context whether the intent is that the crab is eating right now, or whether the crab has a habit of eating peach.

[Eliana_danielle]

Sartan = crab

[michelemal546846]

Why is correct " is eating" and not " eats"?

[IngeborgHa14]

Well, Hebrew does not distinguish between progressive and simple tenses, so אוֹכֵל eats is correct too.