"The children are not wearing skirts, but pants."
Translation:A gyerekeken nem szoknya van, hanem nadrág.
July 2, 2016
17 Comments
If you mean you miss this:
- A gyerekeken nem szoknyák vannak, hanem nadrágok.
This sounds awkward. The grammar is correct in the sentence, but if I picture it, I can see a boy wearing three trousers.
We go with the singular.
July 2, 2016
Yes, that seems to be a universal rule in Hungarian: when in doubt, go with the singular! Except for "a három királyok", of course. There are always exceptions.
September 8, 2018
The way I learnt it "a gyerekeken nem szoknya, hanem nadrág van" is correct. Here you negate the subject (szoknya), not the verb.
June 29, 2017
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What the roll of van in this sentence?
June 18, 2018
It's the way Hungarian translates "to wear": literally "on the children is not skirt but trousers". That is, "valakin van valami" means "someone is wearing something".
June 18, 2018
