Topic: Hungarian

"János telefonokat hall kint."

Translation:János hears telephones outside.

July 10, 2016

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/cerulean9

    This sentence doesn't make much sense.

    July 10, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/KatjaJuliannova

      By the standard of the course this one is pretty straightforward. He could be hearing other peoples cell phones, calls coming in to abandoned pay phones or perhaps he just has auditory hallucinations. ;)

      October 8, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/cerulean9

        Hearing ringing would make more sense. Or hearing a phone. Better yet, "the phone." But "telephones"? Awkward and very un-Hungarian-sounding. Absolutely zero hits for "telefonokat hall" in Google, unless you count this sentence from Duolingo. Pretty terrible-sounding in English too. And why not "from outside"?

        October 9, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/AniB82

          Why is János can hear telephones outside wrong?

          February 1, 2017
          https://www.duolingo.com/cerulean9

            It shouldn't be.

            February 1, 2017
            https://www.duolingo.com/dat_boi11

              Because it's not that he CAN hear them, it's that he DOES hear them.

              November 22, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/szandra5551
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              Grammaticaly it is correct but we don't use this expression in Hungarian. "János hears telephonering from outside" would be better... "János telefoncsörgést hall kintről"

              July 22, 2018

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