Topic: Hebrew

"זה בצל, לא שום."

Translation:This is onion, not garlic.

June 25, 2016

8 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/daisy12aj

    In English we don't say "This is onion."

    February 5, 2018
    https://www.duolingo.com/oporto11
      • Mmm delicious soup
      • Can you guess what's in it?

      • Well, this is onion...and this is definitely garlic

      • Can I have more garlic in the pitta please?

      • This is onion, not garlic

      Even if a phrase sounds odd at first, if you ponder it, you may find a grammatical context...the joys of language :)

      May 26, 2018
      https://www.duolingo.com/Hamutaltul

        It is an onion?

        February 5, 2018
        https://www.duolingo.com/lachip
        Plus
        • 69

        This is not idiomatic English. In English we do not use the indefinite article with garlic unless we specify that we are referring to a clove of garlic.

        June 25, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/joelnaqqar

          Batsal or betsal? Duolingo keeps switching

          October 17, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/Hamutaltul

            singular - ba-tsal. plutal - be-zsa-lim (but it is a soft be)

            January 30, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/Patar595

              "Hey, could you pass the garlic seasoning? .... No, this is onion, not garlic! I need the GARLIC seasoning!"

              Curse you, rather unlikely but perfectly legitimate mass noun cases! XD

              December 21, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/efahey1

                zeh batzal, lo shum

                March 6, 2019

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