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- "היונה אוהבת יין."
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It's preparation for putting it in the fridge. Everything ends up in the fridge eventually. :)
Sounds like a very odd Children's book like If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
No, it can't make its mind up. Sometimes it likes wine, sometimes it doesn't.
That's literally the first thing Noah does after getting off the ark
Ummmmmmmmm how do a dove love wine, matter of fact, who sold the dove the wine
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The trick is to always start with English, as in:
so, "אוהבת" is feminine and "אוהב" is masculine.
Honestly I came here to learn Hebrew and I'm starting to love the comments much more haha!
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Replace the first yod of both words with a Zain.
This is what is called minced oaths in English.
Specifically, זונה is Hebrew for prostitute, and זין is in colloquial Hebrew the word for penis.
So we're all juvenile
This dove definitely has a drinking problem. But how do you know when it is like and when it is love?
When the dove only has 1 glass he just likes the wine when he has the whole bottle he loves it.
I love the humor/joviality. BUT please, a more useful phrase would be even more appreciated! In the Spanish course we learned about a green cow. Doubt I will ever need that phrase.
Oye, no hay un bar con el nombre La Vaca Verde? No es muy conocido pero pienso que se ha visto Dúo frecuentar con un par de palomas en cada ala.
I'm getting a sense that I should learn to read Hebrew before using this Duolingo course. It doesn't seem to be suited to beginners.
I agree! DUOLINGO must teach alphabet 1st! Only people who know the Hebrew Alphabet can learn Hebrew in DUOLINGO.
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It's modeled after the other duolingo courses such as for Spanish, so you do need to know in advance what the letters look like and what sound they make
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Just learning the alphabet should be enough to get you started. From there, Duoling will help you to read. In Hebrew most vowels are not written plus some small grammatical words can join regular words, etc. Learning to read Hebrew is more than learning the alphabet. I suppose they don't teach the Hebrew alphabet in this course for the same reason they don't teach most of the alphabets of the other languages. They do for Korean though.
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Well, alphabet is taught in Arab, it helps a lot. Here it's supposed to be known, inconsistent.
Ok, "אוהבת" or "אוהב" are conjugations of the verb 'to love'/'to like' (they are used interchangeably) while אהבה is the noun 'love'
Indeed, the dove does like wine.
When the animal protection ask me what I'm doing, I will say "giving the doves wine! They like it! Duo told me! Sheesh!"
So if the word הואבת is feminine, does that mean יונה is also a feminine word?
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What's the difference between love and like? When i clicked on the word it said either or but when i put love instead of like, it was i correct?
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The actual expression (I wouldn't call it a proverb) is
לא מפחידים יונה עם יין
You don't scare a dive with wine.
And like I've written earlier, it's a minced oath
This is a good way to learn Hebrew, PS why does a dove drinks wines.
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No.
The Hebrew course was prepared by Hebrew-speaking Israelis and does not include Christian themes.
There are Hebrew speaking Israelis who know Jesus. But I wasn't saying it was deliberately Christian. No need to downvote.
"Dad is coming.", "Love is coming.", "A dove is coming." "The dove likes wine."
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There are Christian Israelis, but very few of them are primarily Hebrew speakers. Most Christian Israelis are either Arabs or Russian-born.
I did not downvote, but I assume some take your comment to be a bit missionary. Many don't like that.
And as I've written elsewhere on this thread (and I realize that you don't see all messages on the phone app), this is a profane word-play (or "minced oath"), not any religious allusion
I heard, "יונה", "a dove", so that's what I wrote . Then I hit, "Check", and it says I answered correctly, (without warnings about typos or any other 'tiny' mistakes)
But, the actual spoken line apparently started with, "היונה", "the dove", according to the spelled out answer at the top of the dialog.
Is this how/where I report such an error?
I'm having a very hard time understanding the rules of these characters / this alphabet! The vowel sounds especially keep escaping me. I think I have to learn how it's written before I can learn from this course!
Bit of an odd question, but if you were to use the wrong gendered verb in conversation with a native speaker what would their response be?
For example if I said 'היא קורא', I assume this makes sense but would they be likely to correct you/laugh etc?
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It depends on who the person is, and what the situation is, and if that person knows you. Someone might correct you on the spot, someone might overlook the error. My experience has been that nobody has laughed at my errors in Hebrew. Quite the opposite, they were delighted that I even study their language.
However, the goal is to know it better every day.
