Topic: Hebrew

"הם לא אופים."

Translation:They do not bake.

June 22, 2016

11 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/naomi535704

    how would you say, "they are not bakers"?

    June 22, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/cyanivde

      This way.

      June 22, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/leth_marc
      • 20

      Is this the same as 'they are not baking'?

      July 13, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/NaftaliFri1
      • 40

      Yes, the word for "baker" and "is baking" is the same (both singular and plural)

      July 14, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/Larry824711
      • 381

      Then how can you distinguish between "they are not baking", as in at this moment although at other times they do, and "they do not bake", as in they don't know how so never do so?

      June 25, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/YardenNB
      Plus

        Only by context.

        November 15, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/JimCopelan1

          Doesn't אופים also mean "chickens?"

          May 2, 2018
          https://www.duolingo.com/Hamutaltul

            you're talking about עוֹפוֹת [o-fot]

            May 3, 2018
            https://www.duolingo.com/israelpolasak
            • 364

            So this would also mean like "the cupcakes aren't baking"?

            August 15, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/NaftaliFri1
            • 40

            No, this is the active construct.

            The passive is נאפים.

            August 15, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/israelpolasak
            • 364

            ty :)

            August 15, 2016
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