"Kik veszik az autókat?"
Translation:Who is buying the cars?
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1034
Strictly, "s/he takes" (to take is "venni"). But it doesn't mean "take" as in to steal - but rather pick something up. In this sentence, "buy" is probably better.
You are correct. Who, generally, is treated as singular, even when it "makes sense" or "is meant" to be multiple people.
So who are is grammatically correct, but is unnatural. It is only natural when the number of people referred to by who is explicitly more than one (by grammar or plural noun, not implicitly). Ex. Who is on the basketball team? vs Who are the people going to the game?
This also leads to a weird situation where you may switch to who are based on another sentence. Lots of people are buying cars and trucks. Who are buying the cars? The people who aren't buying the trucks. In this example, the previously odd-sounding Who are buying the cars? should suddenly sound OK.
1034
English uses singular for who (unless it is explicit eg "Who are the men buying the cars?").
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That's what I had too and it was marked wrong. Please explain why or whether it should be reported.
46
Cuz to buy is "venni". In definite conjugation: veszem, veszed, veszi, vesszük, vesszitek, veszik
1034
No - it's: veszem, veszed, veszi, vesszük, veszitek, veszik.
Only inni doubles the sz in 2nd person plural (and others) Iszom, iszod, issza, isszuk, isszátok, isszák
46
Oh thank you for correction! I have just copied this pattern from JohnWeber's comment above.
1034
Venni is one of a small number of irregular verbs in Hungarian. Most of them follow the "only double the first person plural for present definite when ending in a sibilant" rule - inni is an exception (as is hozni which isn't otherwise irregular).
1034
Sorry I came to Hungarian late and am in the habit of using the infinitive - which is not standard for Hungarian. Sorry.
inni is to drink as in iszom, iszol, iszik.
1034
I just had a look to see if Hungarian has a verb conjugation site like French. I don't know how accurate it is but it agrees with me on this one https://www.verbix.com/webverbix/go.php?T1=vesz&Submit=Go&D1=121&H1=221
46
In 1st and 2nd plurals must be -ju:k ending, but sz eats it and gets doubled.
Upd: I'm wrong, 2nd pl doesn't double the "s".
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Többes számban teszik fel a kérdést, de csak egyes számban lehet a választ megadni. Ez hogy van? The question is in plural ("kik"), but i can answer just in singular (is). I don't understand.
1034
No. Unless a plural subject is explicitly stated (Those rich kids, are they the ones who are buying the cars?) English uses "is" with "who".