"I do eat bread."
Translation:אני כן אוכל לחם.
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I have the same question! Did you get an answer... It should just be, "i eat bread" i thought...
To say "I do..." something, translating word for word, would that always be "I yes..." whatever? "I yes eat bread." ??
that reminds me of my favorite palindrome: go hang a salami im a lasagna hog
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How to know when not to include it? Is it, only when you want to say yes but aren't allowed to? That'd be odd, when wouldn't you just say, I eat bread.. Or yes I eat bread. Or, that's true.
I think the sentence presumes there is a question, do you eat bread?.. i do (yes) eat bread.
I live in Israel and speak hebrew daily and I dont think I have ever hear it said like that. It would be כן אני אוכל לחם. But not this.
Honestly don't know what Ken is doing here. The English doesn't say "yes, I eat bread"
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The word כן does mean yes, but it also serves as an emphatic word, just like in this sentence. Note the different word order:
כן, אני אוכל לחם
Yes, I eat bread.
אני כן אוכל לחם
I do eat bread.
Another example: כן, אני שותה יין
Yes, I drink wine.
אני כן שותה יין
I do drink wine.
אני כן אוכלת לחם I have been told that there is a typo in this but, being female, I have used the feminine ending, so why is this regarded as a typo? It makes sense for me to learn to use the appropriate ending?Perhaps just an error as I have chosen to type the feminine verb ending before and not been told there was a typo?
