"You see bread, I see dinner."

Translation:Te kenyeret látsz, én vacsorát látok.

July 10, 2016

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/466.2tALoyzDqrBc

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?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/466.2tALoyzDqrBc

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


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/scarcerer

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


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/eddiannie

exactly what I want to know


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/James674962

Why is "Kenyeret látsz, vacsorát látok" wrong. It want me to add 'te' and 'én'.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MusicalDev

Kenyeret látsz, vacsorát látok. Why is this wrong? The other way round - látsz kenyeret, látok vacsorát - it is also wrong.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/bbigblue

The "látsz kenyeret" form would be used as a question, not a statement.
As for the other part, check the other comments. I was actually writing up something but the comment from ravengreywolf says what i wanted to type.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/JMaxGlobal

Vive la révolution!


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/liviaruthvagyok

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


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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."


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/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".


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jzsuzsi

bort, sört, sort, tányért ... kenyeret

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


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/eddiannie

it seems that there are many exceptions in Hungarian - word order, personal pronouns


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Murajam

Thank you. koszonom szepen :)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/zbigmlyn

latsz kenyeret, latok vacsorat ?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/James674962

I have the same problem. First i thought it is the 'á' of látsz or the order of the sentence. But no, every time wrong.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/BetaFriedr

magyar nyelvben nem kell kitenni a személyes névmást. Az igevégződés mutatja a személyt : látsz (te)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/eminens2

Kivéve, ha hangsúlyos a személy, pl.: Te kenyeret látsz, én vacsorát. Itt az ige (lát) csak egyszer szerepel, de a személyes névmás helyettesíti, vagy utal rá. 2021.06.10.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/SamS6059

Here you can't drop the pronouns? Why? This is arbitrary compared to the other examples


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/bbigblue

Check the other comments, this has been already answered. (check the top)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/IanBiddle

I understand why, if you are stressing the I/you contrast that you would need to indued the pronouns, but why is that emphasis assumed here? The English sentence could be stressed differently, where the important distinction is bread/dinner. Surely in this latter case there would be no need for the pronouns? Hungarian is pro-drop, isn't it?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/bbigblue

Hungarian indeed is pro-drop, but in some cases the personal pronouns are needed. This is one of those due to the contrast between the sentence sections. See the other comments as well.

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