"Your strawberry is sweet!"

Translation: התות שלכן מתוק!

[lamia979415]

Not sure if this needs to be reported, or if I'm wrong in thinking that it should also be ok to say התות שלכם מתוק

[BartiBar]

התות שלכם מתוק
Is fine, fixed.

[Djekki]

then why this variant is not correct?

התות שלךָ מתוק!

We cannot tell for sure if YOU in this sentence is plural or singular...

[BartiBar]

התות שלך מתוק is also correct

[Djekki]

Is this variant now accepted?

[BartiBar]

It was always acceptable. Did it reject your answer?

[Djekki]

I had a test with tree variants and there seemed to be three right variants. So I've chosen three of them and it was considered incorrect, the above mentioned variant was excluded. Maybe I'm wrong... Now cannot remember for sure. Okay thank you anyway for the answers and help.

[lamia979415]

Thanks - you're wonderful! Also, relieved it wasn't my bad. :)

[jarrettph]

Any rules on when a copula is needed, when it is optional and when it is not allowed?

[boatfullog]

I think when you don't have the "ha" at the beginning of a word, otherwise it would sound weird. For example, "ha-soos yafe" is fine but "soos yafe" doesnt work because that is "pretty horse" not "a horse is pretty", so you'd use "soos zeh/hu yafe" so you're saying "a horse is pretty" not "pretty horse". You'd use the copula to convey a different meaning of the sentence. I don't really know if you can use it in ALL situations, I'd bet not.

[Aaron.Crowe]

Mem: Ma took a sweet.

[FJ7FJ]

the same

[itanzman]

I don't understand why the following is not correct for "Your strawberry is sweet!"
התות שלך מתק

[jarrettph]

You missed the vav in מתוק.

[rA8B2ffd]

It seems to me that answers 1 and 3 are correct. Please tell me my mistake as only 1 was accepted.

[jarrettph]

If it's multiple choice, you must tell us the answers you were given as they're completely random.

[AbieUriel]

I know "Your" can be plural, but the sentence to translate I've been given is "Your strawberry is sweet"
But it doesn't make sense that your(plural many people) own ""one strawberry" which is what that would imply
In English the "your" in this specific context is only singular.

[MarshaStei2]

why is matok feminine?

[danny912421]

It isn't. מתוק "matok" is masculine and מתוקה "metuka" is feminine.

[deactivated user]

שלך, שלךָ, שלכםת שלכן
ALL FOUR HEBREW RENDERINGS OF "YOUR "
SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS CORRECT.
I GATHER THIS IS RECOGNISED BY DUOLINGUO NOW. PERHAPS
IT IS WORTHWHILE IMPLEMENTING THE CORRECTION. THANKS.

[Millallero]

Is "תותך מתוק" wrong?