"Én nem tanár vagyok, hanem diák."

Translation: I am not a teacher, but a student.

[jurajfneves]

Could the phrase also be "Nem tanár vagyok, hanem diák"? It's my understanding that Hungarian verbs already contain the subject information, or am I wrong?

[fmk64]

Yes, it could. You are right.

[jurajfneves]

Szia, fmk64! Köszönöm szípen! Is the "Én" there for the purpose of stressing the fact that "I am NOT a teacher"?

[fmk64]

Yes, that's righ - it is there to stress the statement. I actually wanted to mention it in my previous comment.

[Kathy979841]

In english you need to say I am not a teacher but a student. Obviously in hungarian you can omit the egy

[btiirwin]

Why is there no indefinite article on tanar and diak?

[fmk64]

You can say it either way - the indefinite article is not obligatory, like, e.g., in German.

[plano08]

pupil is not accepted for diák

[fmk64]

Should probably be - but from the context it can be assumed, that an adult university student was mistaken for a teacher.

[noemi.janosiova]

Is rather important in that sentence ?

[Kathy979841]

You need I am not a teacher in english, you cannot say I am not teacher

[MitchG]

Why is hanem sometimes but and but rather. Seems insignificant

[pizspozseng]

Good sentence to know if you have makeup on at school.