"היינות טעימים."

Translation:The wines are tasty.

June 23, 2016

22 Comments
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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/parchee

I feel there is no need to use the plural of wine and beer in this situation. 'The wine is tasty' can indeed refer to a collection of wine. To me, it also seems like the most natural way to say this.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BezalelP

You would use it if you are in a wine tasting and you want to say that (all) the wines are tasty. Or if you're a waiter in a restaurant and someone asks you what's better - the wines or the beers.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mabel544786

Maybe it is implied that there are more than one kind of wine on the table?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/avipars

I agree. I never heard of היינות before. I always used the sinigular


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Guitardude2000

Wouldn't the plural gender of ׳טעים׳ agree with that of ׳יין׳ ?

So it'd be ׳יינות טעימות׳?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BezalelP

yes, יין is masculine.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/1011370479

if יין is masculine then why is the plural יינות and not something like יינים


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BezalelP

Because it's one of the irregulars.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/1011370479

then if I see a new word,how will i know if its an irregular


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/gbdrbob

Check a dictionary or wait for duolingo to correct you and then memorise it.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/vaitudotremer

You don't... That's the reason it called "irregular"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RoseDark94

ha'yainot tayimim


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Mabel544786

Greatfull for learning the pronounciation of this one! I didn' t know the vocal changed from ai to ei when making the word wine to wines!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/AbbyBieler

Delicious should be acceptable as well as tasty


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Hsn626796

Why is the singular "ta-eem" while the plural "te-imeem" ? Is there a way or rule to follow by which we can know how to change the pronounciation of letters once suffixes are added ?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/dac_avila

Well, so far I've noticed many words that have and "a" sound change to an "e" sound when they're plural, and vice-versa... don't know if that's just a coincidence though


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/schyrsivochter

Please don’t write /i/ as <ee>, that is English-y and ambiguous and also looks just weird.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Natalia754514

The rule in Hebrew is to place the stress on the last syllable.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/simon187836

The tasty wines is as grammatically correct as the wines are tasty.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/danny912421

Yes, both are grammatically correct, but two different things:

The tasty wines - היינות הטעימים

The wines are tasty - היינות טעימים

Only the second one is correct here.

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