Topic: Hungarian

"Ő tűzoltó vagy katona?"

Translation:Is he a firefighter or soldier?

July 2, 2016

8 Comments

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  • 94

"Is he a firefighter or soldier?" should be considered correct.

July 2, 2016
https://www.duolingo.com/96314081311257

    Check Altató (Lullaby) by JÓZSEF Attila for this one. :)

    http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~lukacs/ja/poems2/jozsef-eng.htm#13

    July 7, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/GalvanTivadar
    • 1742

    egyik se, hanem vadakat terelő juhász.

    August 31, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/birdfishy

      Why is the initial "a" of "katona" not pronounced as "aw" in the audio (many Hungarians put their "cawr" in the "gawrage")?

      March 5, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/androghost

        why can this not be translated as "Are you a firefighter or a soldier?"

        February 21, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/GalvanTivadar
        • 1742

        Because the personal pronoun (ő=he/she) shows that this is Sing/3rd person.
        But: if the personal pronoun were Ön (= formal you), then you could translate it that way.

        February 22, 2017
        https://www.duolingo.com/androghost

          thanks!

          February 22, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/GalvanTivadar
          • 1742

          Welcome! ;)
          Besides, this implies also that formal you is used with Sing/3rd person in Hungarian, much the same way as in Italian.

          February 23, 2017
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