"Mit csinál a művész?"

Translation: What does the artist do?

[PamKarasz]

I wrote "What is the artist making?" and it marked me wrong. I thought it could be make or do for csinal, and in the case of an artist, I thought they could be making a piece of art, but it's currently just a lump of clay or something. ;)

[Findil]

I think it's worth reporting. :)

[fmk64]

[report]

[DenisPitcher]

I did this too and realised it isnt asking for a translation but just the spoken hungarian written down

[JacobKrebs]

Is the mit csinál in the beginning of the sentence to put more importance on what the artist is doing or is this Hungarian word order?

[jan_19]

The fun is that 'A művész mit csinál?' could be also a proper sentence. It has the same meaning, but a little bit different taste.

[linguafiqari]

This is the word order in a regular sentence - OVS.

[AGreatUserName]

Actually, Hungarian is by very weak default SVO (in sentences without any particular emphasis) but it is highly topic prominent, with topic and focus preceding the finite verb.

[PaulFekete]

On the statement "A művész mit csinál?" I would put the English translation as "WHAT is the artist doing?" placing more emphasis on the idea of "what" the artist is doing. Is my analysis correct?

[fmk64]

Yes, it is.