"אני כן אוכל לחם."

Translation: I do eat bread.

[marriedbears]

Ive never came across this sentence before. I was doing strengthen the course, cool.

[BenSmart2]

I'm in a similar boat, never came across until I was doing the 'testing out to level 4' test.

[JurgenDoll]

Isn't: "Yes I eat bread" an acceptable translation ?

[radagastthebrown]

No, כן is used here solely for emphasis reasons, like the 'do' in English. "Yes, I eat bread" = "כן, אני אוכל לחם".

[Theresa754142]

Ani ken okhel lekhem.

[EladKarni]

You can also translate it to "I am eating bread"

[ran6996]

That wouldn't include the emphasis in the sentence

[YureAlves0]

why can't it be "i eat bread"?

[radagastthebrown]

Because of the כן. It works just like "do" in the English suggested translation, "I do eat bread", to express emphasis.

[YureAlves0]

So, the correct translation of "I eat bread" is "אני אוכל לחם" right?

[radagastthebrown]

Yes.

[HTIKVA]

How do you get I do from אני כן?

[MichaelJG7]

My guess is that כן is adding extra emphasis to what is going on in the affirmative.

[Vhudcsrijbgygh]

אני אוכל לחם יום כן

[Theresa754142]

Vhudcsrijbgygp, I think your sentence translates to I eat bread day yes. If you want to say “I do eat bread today”, that would be אני כן אוכל לחם היום.

[SeSamm]

We write the 4th of november 2020, the first time I encounter this sentence.

[HTIKVA]

<pre>אני כן אוכל לחם shouldn't the proper translation be I do eat bread? </pre>

[FurikuRatz]

Correct: "I do eat bread"

[mimi398378]

The translation would be : yes, i eat bread

[Theresa754142]

Mimi, WHICH translation would be: yes, I eat bread? Are you echoing radagastthebrown who said four years ago that כן, אני אוכל לחם would be Yes, I eat bread? If so, why are you doing that? That is not the translation required here.

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[kailearnslang17]

Is i can eat bread ok?

[radagastthebrown]

No, that would be אני יכול לאכול לחם.