"האם ליונה יש מים?"
Translation:Does the pigeon have water?
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The ל- and ה- clitics merge, leaving just the ל- part visually. It does change the sound from a "la" to a "le" though.
Because when you add a letter as an prefix you don't need the letter ה this is a misspelling fot example: when you say. Our father in the haven in Hebrew is אבינו שבשמים and not אבינו שבהשמים the letter ה is unnecessary
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I don't think there are any examples of this on Duo, since כ is used less and less, but the wiktionary page on both כ and ה confirm this:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D6%BE#Hebrew
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%94%D6%BE
I did remember the example מתוק כדבש, but here כ is indefinite, pronounced kidvash. I don't think there is an example where it is definite.
I basically think of האם as a question mark, it doesn't necessarily need to be there but helps clarify that a question is being asked
Correct. Only thing to add is that it's a bit formal so it's less common in speech, but still possible for emphasis.
I'm pretty sure it is at the start of a question, like "does the" or "will it" in English. It isn't always there though, so I don't think you need to use it.
would prefer that Duolingo offer a slow option in the "type what you hear" as in French or other langauages. The hebrew speech is spoken too fast for learners . Thanks and Best Regards
Doesn't ליונה also work like "to/for the dove", thus rendering this as "Is there water for the dove"? That was my answer, which was rejected.
No, this construction is the equivalent of "to have" in English.
Is there water for the dove? = יש מים בשביל היונה?
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Makes more sense if you think of it as “Is there water in the path to the dove?” Like if the well-being of the dove was my end goal, is there water that satisfies my criteria, vis-à-vis whether or not that water is accessible to the pigeon and satisfies its physiological requirements. You know Jihad, the Muslim holy war against infidels? It's often referred to in Arabic as Al-Jihadu fi sabiil Illaah (i.e. beshvil Elohim), “Struggle for the sake of Allah,” so “path” here really means “dedication to X,” OUR path toward X, not X's path through the world.
I've seen dove. Can't recall if I saw pigeon in the program. Maybe there are variations?
They use pigeon and dove interchangeably, which is annoying if only one answer is coded as correct.
Because the ל- part is the prepositional particle meaning "to". There is no verb that means "to have" in Hebrew; instead, they literally say "Is there water to the pigeon?"
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Is the pronunciation of ליונה correct on the recording? It says "leyonai" but I was expecting it to be "leyonah".
Also accepted " does Yonah have water?" Because that's also a name. I figured it was like asking if everyone at the table had a glass of water, didn't even think about it referring to the animal!
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But the “the” isn't written. The audio included does pronounce it definite, but I do wonder how they made the Text-to-speech system produce it that way without any visible Niqqud? :O
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AFAIK the spoken voice in Hebrew is actually recorded, as text to speech is pretty tough with Hebrew writing.
I entered dove instead of pigeon. It should have been accepted since יונה can mean both. In fact, dove would be more correct in my opinion since it signifies the general name of this species bird. Whereas a pigeon is a dove that is specifically used to send mail. The words are not interchangeable. But in Hebrew both would be translated as יונה.
Avery, do you have the tips and notes? how to get tips and notes: (My favourite ways are the first two):
(By the creator of the *Memrise Hebrew Duolingo vocab course I'm learning Hebrew Duolingo on Memrise! http://www.memrise.com/course/1031737/ ): organized by skill in one pdf for the whole course: https://www.docdroid.net/JnfmyEV/tipsnotesbackup.pdf
Replace your username where USERNAME is for information on your progress & the tips & notes: https://duome.eu/USERNAME/progress
The whole course tips and notes are here (and the site has one for each Duolingo language): organized by skill individually: http://duolingo.wikia.com/wiki/Hebrew
You can also get them on the duolingo.com site, they are the little light bulb when you click on a skill. (Make sure your browser is in desktop view mode so you can see the other duolingo features like discussions & timed practice (the language clubs were only on the app. Now that they are discontinued, many of us have moved to either or both the discord Hebrew servers, one is at: https://discord.io/hebrew or the Facebook Duolingo Hebrew learners Facebook page). From discussions you can search for all the discussions in this course (like this one you're reading, as well as see general duolingo discussions). If you can't see discussions on the main screen once logged into duolingo you're not in desktop view.
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This literally says "Is there water for the pigeon?" That's how you say "Does the pigeon have water?" in Hebrew, since there is no real verb "to have." So you need ל in order to say "for the."
Isn't יונה a name of a person? Couldn't this refer to a person instead of a bird?
yes, Yona/Yonah is a first name as well. (As in Jonah, with a "J" instead, is English).
Since this is a listening exercise, how can 'a' and 'the' both be right here? To me this sounded like leyonah (a pigeon) not layonah (the pigeon).
If you write “a” pigeon, you will be marked wrong because Duolingo settled on “the”, but practically speaking, if you say le-yona and la-yona quickly enough, the vowel after L will probably become a schwa because the sound after L is y...the sounds blend too easily into each other. Almost like lyona.