"הם נותנים חלב לתינוקות."

Translation: They give milk to the babies.

[rBhr5]

The most natural way to say this in English is 'They give the babies milk' but this was marked incorrect.

[jimmy930731]

I was marked incorrect too...

[ElieHadvash]

me too. Sounds weird saying it with the word 'to'

[JamesTWils]

Are male babies תינוקים?

[AlmogL]

No, תינוק is one of those words that are male but their plural form is with ות.

[JamesTWils]

Thanks. With so many gendered forms, I figured it was better to ask.

[LauraLipner1]

In my dictionary תינוק is also the word for infant. Is this incorrect?

[TextuaryPlum]

Infant and baby are pretty synonymous

[SarahBerry17]

Is there a way to say girl babies without the extra words? As in female dogs are כלבות and female cats are חתולות and female babies are ---?

[IngeborgHa14]

Both תִּנוֹק and תִּנ֫וֹקֶת have the same plural. תִּנוֹקִים for boy babies is obsolete.

[Ye4Q2lGm]

Or
"They give milk to babies"
http://babiesmall.co.il

[Theresa754142]

A 12 month old child is a baby, but no longer an infant, at least not in American English. Infant and baby are not synonymous terms.

[Theresa754142]

Hem notnim khalav la-tinoqot.

[writeonbk]

Why is the translation "they give milk to the infants" not accepted?

[Reuven642070]

Change the answer so infants is acceptable. It is intolerable to be marked in error when onr gives a correct answer