"The teacher is waiting for a child."

Translation: A tanár egy gyereket vár.

[flash_bangs]

Is "A tanár egy gyerekre vár" wrong?

[tothadam06]

That was my translation too, reported it.

[ExDuoUser]

I fully agree. The meaning of sentence "A tanár egy gyereket vár" is the exact same as that of "A tanár egy gyerekre vár". I will report it too.

[tothadam06]

There is one exception: "gyereket vár" can also mean expecting a child or in other words, pregnant, while "gyerekre vár" does not have this meaning.

[koda723483]

De ha 'egy gyereket vár' akkor waiting for one child makes it clear that we're not talking about az pregnancy

[fischerfs]

It's the full stop/period, they're being really picky with that :/

[JMaxGlobal]

Why was " A tanár vár egy gyereket" marked wrong? Slight word-order difference yet it conveys exactly the same meaning. I will respectfully report it. Arrgh.

[Alia906242]

Should be accepted, because 'A tanár egy gyereket vár' straightforward means that the teacher is pregnant with one child.

[Imre565437]

Accepted 2020.10.22.

[TakizawaHideaki]

what would A tanár vár egy gyereket emphasize? the teacher?

[blazmah]

It seems like the most neutral word order to me, emphasis-wise.

[liuhsu]

"A tanár gyereket vár" wrong?

[flash_bangs]

Tbh I don't know if its literally wrong but this expression usually means that the teacher is expecting a child (meaning she's pregnant)

[tpurger]

It is ridiculous that Duolingo does not accept "tanító" for "teacher." The English word covers both concepts. "Tanító" is mostly used in lower grades where one teacher handles all, or most, subjects. "Tanár" is used in upper grades (with subject specialization), in high school, and in college. This is such a basic notion in Hungarian that literally everybody who has heard about a school would know both words.