"Milyeneket keresel, alacsonyakat vagy magasakat?"

Translation: What kinds are you looking for, short ones or tall ones?

[as2907]

"Short or tall ones" is absolutely correct English.

[FerEtayoRguez]

Couldn't "milyenek" be also translated as "what kind" in sentences like this one?
I get the object referred to is plural, but if I am not mistaken it could be several items, all of them of the same kind – in the way "magasak" points to several items, all of them tall.

[Judit294350]

Assuming it isn't people: "What kind are you looking for, low ones or tall ones?"

[fischerfs]

I'd guess it'd be 'low or high ones'

[Judit294350]

You still say "tall cupboard" or "tall tree" - just not short cu[board or tree.

[bogarasbanya]

Ezeknél a példamondatoknál ha 'high ones'-t írok, kijavítja 'big ones'-ra és fordítva. Csak azt nem fogadja el, amit írok.

[Judit294350]

"High ones" rosszul hangzik angolul. És "big" = "nagy" nem "magas"

[Peter255437]

Since "tall" is implicitly vertical, I think "low" should be accepted, not just "short".
At this early point in the course, "low" was recently given in a translation of
something like "alacsony asztalok". Just guessing, but is "rövid" a sort of
non-vertical analogue? Consider: "rövid és alacsony asztalok .."
Finally, I note that "magas" consistently becomes "high" in google translate.

[as2907]

Not really non-vertical, for instance you can say "rövid szoknya" (short skirt). You can't use "rövid" for a length that is measured from the ground, so to say - and as far as I know -, that's "alacsony". "Magas" is both "high" and "tall".

[Peter255437]

OK, thanks for the clarification! I reported that "low" was not accepted, and will start testing "magas" (more a Google Translate problem) when it arises here.

[jayfess]

Should be kind, not kinds.

[MrtonPolgr]

Well, this exercize is trying to enforce using plural. Take it as a grammar lesson, it doesn't have to sound common English (let's be real, it isn't even common Hungarian, just grammatically valid).

[CliveWilto]

"Which kinds do you look for, short ones or tall ones" should be acceped, reported

[EsjaL]

I put: What kind of people are you looking for, short or tall?
'Alacosny' and 'magas' are used for people, right?

[cosmo-pedant]

Not impliedly so, I believe.