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- "Néhány rendőr énekel."
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I guess it's because nehany already indicates, that it's plural, so you already know that it's plural and therefore you don't need to put the following noun in plural.
How do we know that this is plural? I had "Some policeman is singing". The solution given was "Some policemen is singing." The solution lacks agreement of subject with the verb.
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Because when a noun has a word dealing with quatity (few, some, many, numbers, ect) the noun is plural but remains in its singular form and the verb the noun is preforming remains in the 3rd person singular form.
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"Néhány" is translated as "some" or "a few", but the only accepted solution uses the word "some". Is that a mistake, or is there a grammatical reason why "a few" is not accepted?
hey Ígor :D because after any quantifier is the noun in the singular :D and it's also applies to numbers. e.g. néhány rendőr, sok rendőr, 10 rendőr :)
Some of these sentences don't seem very practical. Why can we learn Hungarian in a context that is applicable to real world situations?
"I do not drive at home / otthon nem vezetek" is another example. They are everywhere in this course.
Should it not be sometimes policemen sing. Some policemen is singing either means valamilyen rendor enekel. Or it is simply improper English. We do not use some policemen is singing to represent plural policemen.
I dont yet what makes the sentence "Some police officers ARE singing" instead of "Some police officers sing."
A strange sentence that did not go inline with its nature!? After many languages, the similar weird manner occurred in there getting frequently. Are you (a particular person) always alarmed by some kind of antecedent dreams, is it?
