"אני קורא את הספר במשך הקיץ."

Translation: I am reading the book during the summer.

[cbspira]

I think it needs one more "the" (I'm using the Android app where you select from pre-typed boxes) - it reads better as "I am reading the book during THE summer"

[NaftaliFri1]

Reported

[yab401]

Not accepted and Reported 03.22

[Theresa754142]

Ani qore et ha-sefer be-meshekh ha-qaits.

[Jonatasrt]

הקיץ .ה = the .קיץ = summer

[shuki25]

How do you differentiate whether הקיץ means this summer or the summer? I think in this case it is this because it makes most sense in the context of the sentence.

[Ani_sofer]

Context is the key.

[C.Albuquerque.S]

Aní koré et hasséfer beméshekh hakáyitz.

[BenSchneid11]

For 'beintayyim', could "throughout" be just as good a translation as 'during'

[YardenNB]

I think "throughout" stresses that it takes the whole summer, right? במשך does not commit to it so strongly, I believe like "during". But it's a nuance, במשך (or "during") does suggest at least a significant part of the summer.

[IngeborgHa14]

So what would stress the whole duration? Maybe לְאֹ֫רֶך כׇּל הַקַּ֫יִץ.

[YardenNB]

Yes, that's a good way. You can even omit לאורך, and say just אני קורא את הספר כל הקיץ.

[gbauhr]

I would say that "במדך" is a preposition here, not an adverb.

[IngeborgHa14]

Yes, formally בְּמֶ֫שֶׁךְ is a preposition with a noun in the construct state ("in the duration of"), which is used de facto as a prepositional expression. Who thinks of it as an adverb, since it cannot stand alone?

[MaryJaneKe4]

May I use "throughout" for "during"?

[Carr61508]

Is the ך silent in במשך or is the audio just dropping it accidentally?

[IngeborgHa14]

Well, I hear the final ךֿ in בְּמֶ֫שֶׁךְ. There are no silent letters in modern Hebrew except Alef and Ayin and some uses of Jodh as a vowel marker.