"Nem szeretem az asztalokat."

Translation: I do not like the tables.

[mizinamo]

Is szeret like French aimer, i.e. "love" with people and "like" with objects?

[Shamarth]

I would say so, yes. To love + object certainly feels stronger than szeret + object.

[RyagonIV]

How would you express this love to objects in Hungarian, then?

[Shamarth]

With the verb imád: "Imádom az asztalokat."

[RyagonIV]

Ahh, that seems to translate as 'adore' or 'be infatuated' in English. Very sweet. Thank you. :D

[mizinamo]

Thank you!

[SvenniTheCat]

Why is "I like" translated as "szeretem" instead of "szeretek" here?

[ion1122]

Because of the 'az' in the predicate, you need to use the definite rather than the indefinite conjugation. See the Notes at the beginning of this lesson.

[aadambialas]

I like how this person managed to somehow create an emotional attitude towards tables.

[MarzioM.]

I wrote " I don't like those tables" Should be corrected?

[RyagonIV]

No.
Remember that "the table" is az asztal, but "that table" is az az asztal. You need the demonstrative pronoun az in front of the article a/az. "I don't like those tables" would be "Nem szeretem azokat az asztalokat."

[MarzioM.]

Ty! ;)