Topic: Hungarian

"Házat festesz?"

Translation:Are you painting a house?

July 2, 2016

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/AlexandraV.

    Why is "Are you painting THE house?" wrong, if we didn't have either "egy" or "a" in the original sentence?

    July 14, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/RyagonIV
    • 223

    Because a is required, but egy is not. If there's no article, it's "a house".

    (Also "the house" would need a different conjugation: A házat fested.)

    July 15, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/AlexandraV.

      Thanks, this is very helpful!

      July 16, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/fekundulo
      • 9

      How wrong or right would "egy házat festesz" be?

      July 2, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/krisz44g

        "Házat festesz", "Festesz egy házat", "Egy házat festesz" are all correct. Report it.

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

          Is "Do you paint a house." correct or wrong?

          July 29, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/RyagonIV
          • 223

          This is very correct.

          July 29, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/weitzhandler

            Reported.

            August 6, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/gremedios
            • 287

            Again, why isn't the simple present accepted here as well?

            July 10, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/cosmo-pedant

              Because it is a question . . .. Paint you a house? Well, okay: Do you paint a house?

              February 16, 2017
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