"Én egy orvost keresek."

Translation: I am looking for a doctor.

[BimBam3]

why doesn´t "searching for" also work?

[alewyan]

Looking for and searching for is both translated as "keresni" to Hungarian. However, if you are searching for a doctor, you are opening every door and drawer to actively, phisically locate the doctor. :) The translation assumed it is not the case and you are simply asking around for a doctor.

[deactivated user]

Regardless, both should be accepted. Searching for is equally as correct and the inconsistency with which "looking for" and "searching for" are accepted and rejected here is eternally frustrating. I can't remember how many I've reported now.

[BimBam3]

hm ok, i assumed in this way they might be also used as equal. But this makes sense (;

[Andrew359786]

Is it coincidence that "keresni" looks like an expanded version of "kérni", or are they related?

[alewyan]

I am no linguist, but aside from a possible common root (which is also debated) there is no close connection.

[ValerieOsb]

Agreed that in English both "searching for" and "looking for" are acceptable translations.

[Dortyol]

What about "to seek"? :)

[ion1122]

Yes, "I seek a doctor' is valid English.

[RobertoGro7]

Miért nem "keresem"? We have a direct object, right?

[ion1122]

The fact that there is a direct object is not enough to trigger the definite conjugation. The direct object must also be definite. That is, here it would have to be THE doctor rather than A doctor.