"Én egy telefont festek."

Translation: I am painting a phone.

[AnCatDubh]

As in making a watercolour painting or something or applying paint to the phone?

[vvsey]

Exactly!

[AnCatDubh]

Which one is it?

[MrtonPolgr]

Either. Though the first one feels slightly more legit.

[LiviaZita]

It depends on what is happening. It can mean both. However, I assume here it means painting a picture of a phone.

[deactivated user]

Art at its finest.

[PlErds2]

Ez most itt nekem nagyon viccesen hangzik...:-) Telefont festeni... hm...:-)

[Katie368826]

Is this like painting a picture of a telephone, or like getting a telephone and painting it a different colour?

[BlintBalzs3]

It could mean both.

[Apahegy]

Instead of saying "telephone," most people say "phone" in English. Does Hungarian have a shortened form of "telefon?"

[akidaki]

Mobile phones are often called "mobil" in Hungarian, but "telefon" is common, too.

[herbianchi]

Thanks.

[negyvenketto]

no, it's always "telefon"

[MrtonPolgr]

Teló exists as a slangish word, I feel it may have aged and turned a bit rare. Or just with people I talk with.

[AdnanGaleeb]

is it okay to say it without the en ?

[tomda157]

Yes, "Egy telefont festek." is also correct.

[LiviaZita]

Yes. “FestEK” already implies that it is me who is doing the painting.

Fest - to paint

Festek - I am painting

Festesz - you are painting