"They don't have good wine."
Translation:אין להם יין טוב.
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Why isn't "אין להן" accepted as a valid solution? (I understand someone posed the same question in Hebrew here below, but I can't understand the answer yet.)
I have same question . It is they in male or female. Should both be accepted
He wrote that it should be correct and he is going to report it (im pretty sure)
As of May 2021, the feminine להן still rejected (incorrectly). Hey, Duolingo—enough with the patriarchy and fix this.
Im guessing because unless specified, its default masculine? Not entirely sure
I am with you and with the first comment. I would love to know what the answer was to that first question in Hebrew. The question is not a problem though.. Thanks to all.
We can change the order from יש להם to להם יש, but we can't do the same with אין?
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Please, report it then. Writing here in the forum does not get the message to the course creators.
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If Hebrew behaves like Arabic one male in a group will cause the plural pronoun to be masculin. So the fem. plural pronoun is rarely used in practise, except you really want to insist on a group being exclusive feminine.
I think within the lesson they're looking for specific verbiage - "good" not "tasty." Even though one adjective implies the other in conversation.
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Just noting that as of today, Sept. 21, 2020, the typo comment after answering "אין להן" still hss not been corrected. It will say the answer should have been "אין להם" when both are correct seeing the sentence does not specify a male, female, or male and female audiance.
Why isn't טעים acceptable? Though it's not the word good, it is an implied meaning by saying some food/drink isn't good
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Without context, it's better not implying anything and just translate the word as is. Also, nowhere in the course is טעים accepted where it says "good", nor is "good" accepted as a translation of טעים.
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The word order provided above אין להם is the neutral word order. The other word order is indeed possible, but it requires additional emphasis, which is not provided in this sentence.
I wondered the same thing. Are we to assume that if it isn't obviously feminine, then we assume it's masculine?...
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Make sure you are typing יין with two yods and not ן'' with apostrophes. This is a very common mistake people make.
As i read the comments, I came to see that another student - Fesoy dated his/her complaint - " .....as of today, Sept. 21,2020, the typo comment after answering "אין להם" still has not been corrected."
Today, January 27, 2022 as i write, the case is still the same. This should really be fixed.
Lol. Sorry Pixilico, I intend ti acuse no one. The case of concern has been long reoorted and I think should be atrwnded, that' all. )::