"I am not an artist."
Translation:Nem vagyok művész.
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It's as if you wrote muvesh, to get an s in Hungarian you're supposed to write sz: Művész.
I typed exactly the right answer but it still said I was wrong.. But the "correct answer" they gave is the same as what I wrote
I'm not sure how Duolingo's testing engine works, but maybe they were too strict on this one. Are you sure you got the phonetic chars right i.e. művész and not muvesz? Maybe you wrote muves with a single s?
Yes I am certain all the accents are there I even took a snap shot of it, but I can't post a picture here
Why do we need "vagyok" here? (I was tempted to include it, but then thought of other sentences, like "a férfi rendőr." But, alas, I was wrong. Still, why do we use a form of "lenni" sometimes and not others? Isn't it enough to say "én"? "én nem művésznő"?
It's only in third person (he/she/it/they) that "lenni" is omitted, in other cases it is necessary.
Nem vagyok a művész = I am not the artist.
Nem vagyok művész = I am not an artist.
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if that's how it works that is okay with me, for me to learn and internalize I have to understand why something does or does not work. So if you wouldn't mind breaking down my error that would be great, cheers!
Also thanks for the input JereArmen, that makes a bit more sense to me now (:
Well, for me, "Egy művész nem vagyok." falls into the gray zone. It does not break any grammar rules, it is just not very common/not very likely.
It emphasizes művész.
Maybe something like this:
You expected me to make a painting on your wall? I cannot do that. Művész nem vagyok!
Isn't the sentence emphasizing "művész"?--artist is the thing I am not. I'm a zoo-keeper, an accountant, a teacher, but not an artist.
