"A postás nem férfi."

Translation: The postal worker is not a man.

[stomalomalus]

As "nem ferfi", It would surely be: The postwoman isn't a man... Silly one.

[Rebecca862823]

Postal carrier? It might be technically ok but who the heck says that in real life speech? :D

[Rose_Tyler1423]

I said 'Postman'? That's the word i would generally use

[RichieMB]

Yeah that's what everyone uses. It is almost like someone wanted to make a point with this sentence.

[StevenMans2]

It is, in fact, not the only word "everyone" uses. It's almost like the makers of the lessons were not native speakers, and went with one of the historically more common words used (mailman is another).

[yaliyev]

Instictively wrote The postman is not a man and it was accepted and then I was what?

[Judit294350]

Welcome to English :-)

[SamanthaGasmire]

Could the sentence also be, The mailman is not a man?

[hatcher]

Sure but there are other alternatives in Hungarian too like "levélhordó", "levélkézbesítő". Btw the Hungarian word doesn't denote a gender so it doesn't sound as weird as in English (the postMAN is not a MAN)

[StevenMans2]

How about "the postal worker"

[Andrew359786]

In Australia, "postie". :-) But I wouldn't expect duolingo to recognise it!

[JSNuttall]

Oddly enough just now I got this sentence in a select-the-words question and "postie" was the ONLY choice it gave... So it's an Australian word, then? I'd assumed it was British...

[smithmo147]

they don't, I tried it...

[hatcher]

It can be used to avoid genders. Otherwise you could translate it as "postai dolgozó", "postai alkalmazott"

[_paranoia_]

Or perhaps "the mail carrier"? Postman is no longer the preferred word, since it is not gender neutral.

[StevenMans2]

Would also work.

[deactivated user]

The woMAN is not a MAN. Does that sound weird? I don't know much Hungarian yet, but isn't postás masculine? Isn't the feminine form postásnő?

[Judit294350]

I think, like English, the unmarked version can be either.

[JoelEricso1]

Hm. 'postás' is described as 'mailman' 'postal worker' or 'postman', but I'm supposed to pick 'mail carrier' from the word list. Guess I need more English synonyms to pass this course...