The boy is drinking milk / The boys are drinking milk.

Hebrew translation: Hayeled shoteh chalav/hayeladim shotim chalav

22:09 Jun 30, 2005
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English term or phrase: The boy is drinking milk / The boys are drinking milk.
Hello.
I was wondering how "The boy is drinking milk" and "The boys are drinking milk." would be said in Hebrew?
Any help with a translation is greatly appreciated. I will need the translations in Romanized letters as well as Hebrew letters.

(In Arabic - Romanized letters - they are:
Al-walad (j)i-shrab haliib and Al-awalaad (j)i-shrab-uu haliib. However, I realize that Hebrew belongs to a different branch of Semitic than Arabic.)

Thanks again for any assistance.

Sincerely,

Brian Costello

Seattle, Wa.
Brian Costello
Hebrew translation:Hayeled shoteh chalav/hayeladim shotim chalav
Explanation:
הילד שותה חלב
הילדים שותים חלב

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-06-30 22:24:31 GMT)
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the \"ch\" is pronounced similarly to the Arabic \"h,\" only more gutturally.
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Tal Ganani (X)
United States
Local time: 13:53
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Tal Ganani,

Thank you very much for your translation and your time. Your answer is the answer I am basically looking for even though I'm sure the one given by Eynati is okay in some situations. This broaden's my knowledge of Hebrew and Semitic just a little bit more. Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Brian Costello

Seattle, Wa.
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5 +5Hayeled shoteh chalav/hayeladim shotim chalav
Tal Ganani (X)
5If 'boy' is older, then:
Eynati


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
the boy is drinking milk / the boys are drinking milk.
Hayeled shoteh chalav/hayeladim shotim chalav


Explanation:
הילד שותה חלב
הילדים שותים חלב

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Note added at 15 mins (2005-06-30 22:24:31 GMT)
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the \"ch\" is pronounced similarly to the Arabic \"h,\" only more gutturally.

Tal Ganani (X)
United States
Local time: 13:53
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in HebrewHebrew
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Tal Ganani,

Thank you very much for your translation and your time. Your answer is the answer I am basically looking for even though I'm sure the one given by Eynati is okay in some situations. This broaden's my knowledge of Hebrew and Semitic just a little bit more. Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Brian Costello

Seattle, Wa.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  rotm (X)
5 hrs

agree  Jonathan Spector
6 hrs

agree  Zehavit Ehre
7 hrs

agree  Rutie Eckdish
8 hrs

agree  liora (X): "al" is probably "the" or "Ha" in hebrew. In Hebrew it is joined to the word. p/s/ in case you don`t know, our tenses dont have the ing form. Is drinking and drinks are the same.
14 hrs
  -> Good explanation.

neutral  Eynati: Correct, if 'boy' is a young boy / boy-child. The Arabic is irrelevant: the question was asked in English. The asker may understand the Arabic distinction, or he may not.
22 hrs
  -> The Arabic "walad" is completely equivalent to "yeled." In this context there is no question.
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22 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
the boy is drinking milk / the boys are drinking milk.
If 'boy' is older, then:


Explanation:
The previous answer is correct for boy-child. If your boy is more an adolescent, then it would be:

The boy is drinking milk:
ha-NA'ar sho-TE kha-LAV
הנער שותה חלב

the boys are drinking milk.
ha-ne'aRIM sho-TIM kha-LAV
הנערים שותים חלב

I showed the stress in those phrases.

na'ar / ne'arim = boy /boys

shote / shotim = is/are drinking, or drinks / drink (in the masculine)

khalav = milk


Eynati
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