"What kind of trains are you waiting for?"

Translation: Milyen vonatokat vársz?

[whizza]

Why is milyen declined i.e. expressed as miliyeneket in other sentences, whereas it isn't here ?

[Shamarth]

It behaves similarly to adjectives. If it's in the place of the predicate, it's pluralized. If it's in the place of a modifier of a noun, it's never plural.

To sum it up, never pluralize it if it's directly before the noun (not even an article can separate them in that case.)

[whizza]

Thank you very much - ok so let me get this straight...

Milyen vonatokat vársz = What kind of trains are you waiting for

BUT

Milyeneket vársz = What kind are you waiting for ?

Milyeneket is used because its standing in place of "the trains" ?

[Shamarth]

Exactly. :)

[Krisbaudi]

Why not vársz rà? What is the difference? I thought, waiting FOR someting needs rà.

[Shamarth]

"Milyen vonatokra vársz?" is also correct. "Vár vmire" and "vár vmit" are interchangeable.

[Krisbaudi]

This translation sounds logic and good

[MrtonPolgr]

Well, do you really think so? I think they sound quite different, which really showed at sentences like "Te vársz egy almát".

[Nab918927]

what is wrong with "milyenek vonatokat vártok"?

[MrtonPolgr]

You shouldn't inflect attributive adjectives (i.e adjectives that have their noun to refer to).

[MrtonPolgr]

I write "Milyen vonatokra vársz" and it said I had a typo and it should be "Milyen vonatoka vársz". Incident reported. :)

[jzsuzsi]

Fixed.

[denisvizi]

Why is "Milyen vársz vonatokat?" wrong, please explain me

[MrtonPolgr]

The adjective ("milyen" in this case) needs to precede the word it refers to immedately ("vonatokat" in this case).