"אם הוא היה יכול לשחות מסביב לעולם, הוא היה גיבור על."

Translation: If he could swim around the world, he would be a superhero.

[LeahIlana]

"If he were (was) able to swim around the world, he would be a superhero"
also should be an acceptable answer.

[NatashaSha386361]

Also "If he had been able...'

[flootzavut]

Report it :)

[clairelanc3]

If he had been able.... he would have been... seems a correct translation and should be accepted

[BG8aa]

can someone please explain to me why duolingo translates the root י.כ.ל as 'can' and not 'able'? I always learned that able is the most precise translation....

[Ilene403914]

"if he were able to swim around the world he would be a superhero" should be accepted. Reported.

[danny912421]

im hu hayá yachól lischót misavív la-olám, hu hayá gibór al.

[David.Gonzalez.G]

Do you know David Meca?

[litamina]

One can translate this sentence without the punctuation

[airelibre]

True, as with every sentence on Duolingo. If you think you got something wrong for missing out a comma or period, look again.

[pjm772959]

Would "If he was able to swim around the world he was a superhero." also be correct? (Duolingo doesn't think so.)

[danny912421]

That's not correct English.

[Erlenmeyer71]

I am still struggling with the female reader's complete non-pronunciation of the ה.