"את אוהבת לחם וחלב."
Translation:You like bread and milk.
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Duolingo, please insert the sound of pronunciation, because we have to learn how to spell the letter
it would help if 'at' and 'ata' were defined as female and male . especially because the 'a' ending in many european languages denotes female
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The rules actually applies for Hebrew, mostly. But there are exceptions, this is a very notable one, as well as numbers (שבע is the feminine form and שבעה is the masculine form).
The numbers are difficult for me because of this, that they break the rule.
How do i know when it will or will not require a masculine or feminine form when writing? Also does it require a feminine or nasculine form when making something plural?
Place (hover) your finger, or mouse cursor over the words, the hints will appear -it is magic!
clearly, which is why I said that it would be helpful to learners if that difference were emphasised!
is is because in this word the pronunciation is different. The א is used for as a placeholder and can have different sounds because the vocals that you don't write in Hebrew make out how it will sound. in this case, אַבא has an a sound vocal that you can see now beneath it but in Israel, you don't write with them if you are not a child. here is this word אוֹהב ( to love) you have the sound "o" because it would be written with a vocal of the sound "o" on top of the second letter ( the little dot). this is really the difficult part of the Hebrew language because you don't have the little dots and strokes underneath the letters in the everyday language. you just have to memorize wichh combinations of wich letters means what.
Hebrew doesn't really have a separate word for "like". It's both אוהב/אוהבת. There are alternatives but they're rarely used.
What is the point of the fem. option. I tried putting you fem. and it was marked wrong
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It's just informational. את is the feminine form of "you" and would not be used for men.
You don't actually write the (fem) in English
Since we are English speakers, we know that "fem." is not normally written. But since it's there, it seemed obvious it was meant to be used, to show that I knew the Hebrew form was feminine. But clearly that's not the case. So why is it there?
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The same question could be asked about the word "bread" - why is it not spelled "bred"? Or why isn't "milk" spelled "meelk"?! That is simply how the words חלב and לחם are spelled.
Thanks for the helpful response. I was just a bit confused because I thought was an "h" sound, and wasn't sure where ח, fit in. That's more of a "ch" sound right?
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Yes, ה is the "h" sound and ח and כ/ך are the "kh" or "ch" sound, depending on how you transliterate them. (note: כ can also be a "k" sound)
That's brilliant, thanks for that. Looks like I've been "mishearing" it slightly. Had me really puzzled.
When sfaradim speak hebrew, I hear their ה very similar to my ח I am French. My ח is exactly like my כ It is what i hear when i am in Israël.
This time I was able to give the answer but please send listening exercises back
it only gave the option to type in Hebrew. have an English keyboard and cant do that
I open DuoLingo to find that my XP has been docked 10pts because i didnt practice my first lesson (which I competed to level 5, with a gold emblem.) now you guys are taking 10 points away from me unless i the practice this? Please, confirm that this is how you truly want to treat your user base before replying to me. i will be leaving a wholly negative review and I will delete this application entierelt if you take xp away from me for "not practicing".
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Writing in this thread, you are addressing other learners, not Duolingo itself. Nobody from Duo will see your post in here.
Duolingo doesn't take away points for not practicing. Not sure where you got that from. Maybe your internet connection glitched for a moment, and it didn't record your lesson. It happens.
Why is it that את sounds like AT, ending with a T sound, while אןהבת sounds like OHEVIK, ending with a K sound?
Duolingo, Are you considering using an alternative to the word "milk" for introduction to languages? It feels as the though I am referring to cows milk or the consumption there of. I am having a negative physical reaction to it on more than one level. Thank you for your consideration. Eli-
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Sorry, Duo doesn't do personal requests. Why should they remove it? Milk is one of the most consumed beverages in the world and one of the very first words introduced when learning a language in many language learning programs. If you say that you have a bad reaction to it, to me it would make even more sense to know how the thing that makes you sick is called. That way you can always ask if a certain meal contains milk or not and avoid ending up in the hospital.
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c'est la vie.
Duo is often not as forgiving as we would hope for. But everything helps us learn and get better.