"This is a table, not a chair."

Translation: Ez asztal, nem szék.

[AelienFelis]

I can see this scene right before my eyes...

[Assol28]

Why this sentece is without articles "egy"?

[lingofrnech]

Because "egy" can be omitted.

[pingo.il]

What is wrong with: "Ez asztal van, nem szék"?

[AppleSenpie]

Because "van" must be omitted here. The sentence is just explaining what the object is

[Guy.-.]

Could I use "Ez a" instead of just "Ez"?

[Elon_the_Hittite]

No, because then you'd be saying, 'this is the (table)'.

[Fanatic_doodler]

Why would the part "nem ez szék" be considered wrong? Does the inclusion of "Ez" at the beginning automatically make all other objects out to be "a" instead of "the", unless specified otherwise?

[Liggliluff]

Compare to English: "This is a table not this is a chair". That's just weird.

[Tas88173]

Why can't it be tablazat

[JohanFaisal]

Ez egy asztal, hanem egy szek

I know egy isn't necessary, but is it incorrect?

[bbigblue]

"ez NEM egy asztal, hanem egy szék" would be a gramatically correct sentence, but that would rather be "this is not a table, but a chair".
"ez egy asztal, nem egy szék" should be fine though for this lesson.