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- "Én nem itt lakom."
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It should be accepted, however gramatically it's not correct, but I think 6 or 7 out of 10 Hungarian people would say "lakok".
I don't know if you've ever heard of 'ik verbs', maybe Wikipedia can help you, because I can't explain it properly: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_verbs#-ik_verbs
I wonder if it would be possible to add a lesson or at least an explanation about -ik verbs before you would have to use them...
agreed, i think ive only seen this in the italian section, where they had rules and explanations for each lesson.. They should do it everywhere else
Spanish may have topics like this, too - irregular verbs and "stem changing" verbs. It would warrant an entire lesson.
It's grammatically correct (it's not ill-formed) but it's socially less acceptable. Learners should still prefer the form lakom.
The socially acceptable component 1. is hard to measure 2. varies from verb to verb. I have the impression that people with prescriptive tendencies are overrepresented on Duolingo and most of these "norm violations" are okay for most people.
Because -ik verbs have a slightly different conjugation in 1st and 3rd person singular. I believe that up until now, we've only learned the indefinite conjugation. Basically, -ik verbs take the same ending as definite conjugation in 1t person singular, and they end in -ik in 3rd person singular.
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It's ok, but "itt lakok" is an obsolete phrase in this context. Uneducated people often use it. Don't learn it like this.
én lakom/én lakok means to live somewhere as in your home, like I live in a house or apartment or in a city, én élek means I am alive/living as in existing/breathing/etc.
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According to: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/16691859#comment-18152175
él could mean live in a specific location as well as live in general, while lakik can only be the former (live in a specific location).
I think former comments pretty much answer this question - "lakom" is a variation for this verb which is more conservative and therefore considered more correct by some. That's about it.
