"You see bread, I see dinner."

Translation: Te kenyeret látsz, én vacsorát látok.

[countvlad]

hmmm ... in other sentences, one can just drop the pronouns (te, én) because the verb form makes it clear who the speaker is. Why not here?

[ravengreywolf]

My thought was that perhaps the pronouns are stressed in this sentence (you see bread, I see dinner [Imagine a homeless person saying this to a person about to throw out a loaf of stale bread]) and therefore they are needed. Otherwise I can't think of a reason for them being necessary.

[countvlad]

thanks, that makes sense. I can't see how the written form is showing that the pronoun is stressed, though.

[mizinamo]

I think it's just implied by the fact that "you see bread" and "I see dinner" are placed in opposition or contrast to each other, making "YOU see bread but I see dinner" a natural interpretation.

[scarcerer]

Isn't the fact that the pronouns are even included showing that they are stressed? Because usually they are left out.

[liviaruthvagyok]

Why can't I say -Te látsz kenyeret, én meg vacsorát. -? Why do I also need to add látok?

[Arpad737071]

In reality, you don"t even need a second verb. But, you have to change the word order a bit. The correct form will be: "Te kenyeret látsz, én meg vacsorát."

[JMaxGlobal]

Vive la révolution!

[Dortyol]

Laquelle?

[MitjaSterman]

Why not definite form - látom?

[mizinamo]

Why would it be definite? It is not "the bread" or "that bread" or "my bread" or any definite bread, just indefinite "(some) bread".

[MitjaSterman]

Yes of course, I remember now. Thank you

[zbigmlyn]

latsz kenyeret, latok vacsorat ?

[Murajam]

Why is it "kenyeret" and not "kenyert"? I'm pretty sure that "r" was one of those letters which don't require a vowel before the accusative t like in "bort".

[jzsuzsi]

bort, sört, sort, tányért ... kenyeret

Ok, this looks weird, but it is still kenyeret. Hungarian has some exceptions...