"Sajnos nincs jól."

Translation: Unfortunately, she is not well.

[hatcher]

"she" is just the choice of the translator. "nincs" refers to the third person singular so it can either be "he", "she" or "it". All of them should be accepted.

[billyhig]

Curios which word in this sentence specifies the 'he,she'. My answer was 'Unfortunately, not well', like somebody was asking me how I was.

[mizinamo]

nincs is specifically third person singular; it's kind of like nem van.

So just as you couldn't say "Jól van" to mean that "I am fine", you can't say "nincs jól" to mean that "I am not fine". It has to be "he / she / it".

[gssoft22]

"nincs" is third person singular, "nincsenek" is third person plural.

[mizinamo]

Of course - thanks for notifying me of the mistake; I've corrected it now.

[gssoft22]

The personal pronoun "ő" is omitted in this sentence, as the word endings clearly specify the person in Hungarian.
The sentence could also be written "Ő sajnos nincs jól", or "Sajnos ő nincs jól", but the emphasis here is different.

[quasimik]

So "nincs" conveys both third person and negation?

[mizinamo]

Specifically, third person singular, present tense, and negation. It's sort of the negated version of van (third person singular, present tense).

Third person plural, the negative version of vannak, would be nincsenek.

[BerndKonfu]

My first guess would have been "Unfortunately it is not good" why is that wrong?

[matanescu]

doesn't "Nincs" stand for "nothing"?

[SD-77]

"Nincs" means "is not" or "there is not". "Nothing" is "semmi".

[imeiprezime]

I think I've heard the word "sincs". What does that mean?

[Judit294350]

"sincs" = there is none either

[MrtonPolgr]

"is nincs", quite literally, like sem="is nem"

[Nea372579]

I got it explained to me that Hungarian does not have the "he, she " pronouns like English does, just like Finnish has "hän" for everyone. Is that correct?

[mizinamo]

No separate ones for male and female, yes; ő is used in both cases, like Finnish hän.

[EstJojo]

We never just say 'not well': 'not feeling/doing well' or simply 'not good'

[EstJojo]

She is not good. "Oh? What's wrong?". She is sick.

[Levio2]

How does one pronounce "nincs"

[Liggliluff]

[nint͡ʃ]

[ericashelton]

Ninch

[RagnhildLu]

Then how do you say «I am not feeling well»?

[dorcssa]

Nem vagyok jól / Nem érzem jól magam. Nincs means "nem van", it's irregular I guess.

[IsacharJones]

Surely 'Unfortunately she is unwell.' should be a valid translation?

[Robbadob]

While it means the same thing, I think something like indiszponált would be a better translation of "unwell".

[2019/04/16]

[deactivated user]

Is it grammatically correct to put a comma after sajnos here?

[MrtonPolgr]

I think it would be quite odd. Not sure whether it's completely wrong but odd enough to become suspicious that you incorporate English logic there. :D

[deactivated user]

Okay. Thank you.

[MartaOsko]

Miért éppen he?

[Judit294350]

He or she - both should be right.

[TigerLothbruk]

Like the other comment, interested to know how the 'she' came about?

[joy-goldberger]

1. I thought just what billyhig wrote!
2. I haven't put together grammar that I can articulate, like that "nincs"is third person singular. Am I alone in that? Those of you who know this -- How have have you figured it out? Is there a corresponding site that you recommend?

[Zolika762365]

why is not correct the she instead of he

[Judit294350]

"Unfortunately, he is not well." is correct. Report it.

[julia108567]

It's not right to make the 'right' answer 'he' bc it's not specified. Technically it ahould be 'they', from the English end.

[Judit294350]

It should accept he and she - if not report it. But as the English sentence is used to translate into Hungarian that would cause problems.

[TomaszAndr912218]

Why not accepted "unfortunately he is not well" only with "she"??

[Judit294350]

Are you sure you didn't make another mistake? The Hungarian course is pretty good with that.