"My banana is tasty!"
Translation:הבננה שלי טעימה!
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In most cases, the rule is that when a word ends in either ה or ת, the word will be feminine. If it ends in any other letter, it will be masculine. BUT, there are also exceptions to this rule. With those words, the only way to know is by memorizing them. There is a post here on Duolingo called "misleading genders of Hebrew words" which lists those exceptions:
https://forum.duolingo.com/comment/36423456
Read the tips and notes. It will help you a lot.
how to get tips and notes: (I use the PDF and Duome).
organized by skill in one pdf for the whole course: https://www.docdroid.net/JnfmyEV/tipsnotesbackup.pdf or online at https://duome.eu/tips/en/he
Replace your username where USERNAME is for information on your progress & the tips & notes: https://duome.eu/USERNAME/progress
The whole course tips and notes are here (and the site has one for each Duolingo language): ,organized by skill individually: http://duolingo.wikia.com/wiki/Hebrew
You can also get them on the duolingo.com site (make sure your browser is in desktop view mode so you can see the other duolingo features like discussions & timed practice. From discussions you can search for all the discussions in this course (like this one you're reading, as well as see general duolingo discussions). If you can't see discussions on the main screen once logged into duolingo you're not in desktop view.
The Duolingo Hebrew Course has a dictionary for the words in the course. You can find it here https://www.duolingo.com/dictionary/he
Other great resources that will help you
https://www.pealim.com/dict/6339-banana/