"הילד יושב על הצלחת."

Translation: The boy is sitting on the plate.

[Jackulingo]

Lol, is he ready to get eaten?

[CarissaS103]

Boys aren't kosher, are they?

[modrykvitek]

In Italy during ceremony pidyon ha-ben - a boy could be placed on a silver plate. Or coins could be handed on a silver plate instead of him....

[Francisco_Hulse]

I wrote "dish" instead of "plate" and got marked wrong. Puh-leeeez.

[Aerologia]

ואז הצלחת שוברת.

[danny912421]

*נשברת or שבורה

שוברת implies that the plate is doing the breaking

[Hannah649004]

Does the use of "על" in the above sentence mean you don't need "את" or is there another reason you don't need the direct object indicator?

[MCGoldberg]

I'm also a learner, but I tried to look this up. I think the reason is that "direct object" means "direct object of a verb" - you don't use את if you're referencing the object of a preposition.

[OrLight2020]

I wrote over the plate, and it said was wrong! Oxford dictionary accepts over preposition for above, on top of, atop.

[danny912421]

I don't think that's right. על is on, on top of, which implies contact. מעל is over, above which doesn't imply contact.

[OrLight2020]

Thanks a lot, this really helped me.