"אנחנו הילדים שלהם."

Translation: We are their children.

[danny912421]

anáchnu ha-yeladím shelahém.

[3li9far]

Why can't הילדים be the boys?

[BezalelP]

Because ילדים is a non-specific word and it translates only to "children". If you want to refer to boys you should use בנים.

[JessiBasi]

How is the ב in בנים and בנות pronounced? Be, Ba, Va or Ve?

[YardenNB]

/Ba/. https://youtu.be/dsuyLUyZGWw?t=52 has both words said several times, very clearly pronounced, though the meaning is cryptic.

[3li9far]

Thanks.

[Majsburk]

Same thing as above goes for "girls"?

[BezalelP]

For girls it's אנחנו הילדות שלהם. But for a mixed group of children it's always הילדים

[Majsburk]

Ahh. Of course. Thank you!

[BezalelP]

BTW, you can also go for אנחנו הבנות שלהם = we are their girls.

[BCH276441]

Please explain, im confused now - why is it shelahem here and not shelahen? And in above examples always its shelahem - why so? Is "theirs" always the masculine shelahem? Never shelahen? Or assumed masculine like yeladim is though maybe mixed? Am not getting this. Thanks

[danny912421]

You use שלהם when something belongs to a group of men or a mixed group. שלהן is used when something belong to a group of women. הילדים שלהם means "their children" where "they" can be two or more people, either men or a mixed group. הילדים שלהן means "their children" where "they" are two or more women. The same goes with הילדות שלהם "their girls" ("they" are two or more people, either men or a mixed group) or הילדות שלהן "their girls" ("they" are two or more women).

[JimCopelan1]

Can someone transliterate this? I'm not sure I understand the grammar structure in this sentence

[696.u5oeXp+cqWLz]

We are the children of them.

[Ember_7727]

How would you phrase this in the past tense, "We were their children."?

[Ember_7727]

Also...how would you say this sentence in the future tense, "We will be their children."?

[YardenNB]

past: אנחנו היינו הילדים שלהם

future: אנחנו נהייה הילדים שלהם

You can easily omit אנחנו from the past form, and less easily from the future form.

[BrucePhill11]

The "correct" answer is exactly what I typed. What's going on here?

[danny912421]

You probably wrote apostrophe instead of yud, just like you did in the other post.

[mtuJ4U]

אנחנו ילדים שהם. Why need th "ה"

[danny912421]

Because you need ה when talking about possession.