"Itt nincs tűz."

Topic: Hungarian

"Itt nincs tűz."

Translation:There is no fire here.

July 1, 2016

11 Comments

SineOlesen

Here is no fire - is also okay

July 1, 2016

david.altmayer

No one would ever say it like that in English.

July 2, 2016

TobyBartels

You could in context, to stress ‘here’. And since ‘itt’ is being stressed in the Hungarian sentence, I would argue that it should be accepted.

More common would be ‘Here is a fire.’ (translating ‘Itt van tűz’.).

July 8, 2016

Gizella70

report it

July 1, 2016

JustinHuberts

We didn't start the fire... I guess I'm on fire today.

July 2, 2016

NealFisher

So what's the difference between "nem" and "nincs?" I'm having trouble telling them apart sometimes.

July 19, 2016

dcseainPlus

Nincs is "nem van"

June 4, 2018

Fekete_magyar

Here is no fire? Really? What kind of English is that?

June 13, 2018

dcseainPlus

Grammatical, but unnatural, yeah. Report it as wrong, but mention that "No fire is here" is better.

June 13, 2018

hunkev

If there is NO fire here , it means there is a fire here . double negative ?

March 13, 2019

dcseainPlus

It is not a double negative. There is not no fire here is a double negative. It is a slightly unnatural construction, in English though, i'll give you that.

March 14, 2019