"This is a perfect marriage."
Translation:אלה נישואין מושלמים.
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The word נישואים is (grammatically) plural, so you have to use אלה and not the singular זה.
Is there a way to distinguish one marriage from multiple marriages (without using numbers)?
"He's had a failed marriage/marriages" for example?
NaftaliFri said singular and plural marriages are written the same in Hebrew.
Some Hebrew words are always plural, like we have seen in the very beginning regarding "מים", "waters".
IS THE WORD נישואין IN THE PLURAL? AS THE FOLLOWING ADJECTIVE מושלמים IS IN THE PLURAL
Marriage is plural in Hebrew. One might think of it as "nuptials", as in these are perfect nuptials. That's how it works in Italian, too. For example, the opera The Marriage of Figaro in Italian is Le Nozze di Figaro. Nozze is plural, and means marriage, but it may be related to the word nuptials.
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Maybe a stupid thought but a simple study aid to remember could be, that a marriage is always about two people: you cannot marry yourself. So there you are: plural!
What is the difference between נישואין and נישואים. I’ve seen the word “marriage” translated both ways.
They're synonymous. נישואין uses the plural form of Aramaic, which is common for certain specific words, like נישואין and אירוסין (engagement); but either form is fine.
Thanks! So, in the above sentence “This is a perfect marriage,” I could use either word for marriage, and it would be okay?
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So does this refer to an existing marriage or a now being celebrated one? The latter seems more logically likely since the former is non existent!!
The sentence was in english and as such it referred to a marriage being perfect. If they wanted the plural they should have written these marriages are perfect to reflect the plural. Thus marriage is a singular statement in english.
No, as I wrote above, נישואין is grammatically plural, so זו does not fit.
I'm not sure the word itself is from Aramaic, but the plural ending ין- is.
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I wonder why Duolingo just introduces new words without saying them even once. We have to look online for references on pronouciation.
Its a fault in AI algoritms, it also inserted for me much more advanced word from the material 2 levels up into a repetition lesson 2 levels down, as soon as l touched near that more advanced material, strangelly enough it did it only once and did not repeat this insertion, so its more AI learning what you need and how to deal with you
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Since נישואין ends with "ן" I thought the adjective would also be feminine plural. Why is it a masculine plural?
A ן (nun sofit or final nun) is feminine plural only when it is a pronominal suffix, that is, a suffix showing a pronoun such as their marriage or his marriage. However, there is no pronominal suffix in this sentence.
If the adjective is masculine, you know with 100% certainty that the preceding noun is masculine. So when you have an adjective, don’t look at the noun and try to figure out the adjective, look at the adjective and be certain of the gender of the noun.