"Egyik sem szép."

Translation: None are pretty.

[Logikas]

None is plural. This is incorrect. It would be none are pretty, or no one is pretty, or it isn't pretty, etc

[Jyous]

As a native English speaker, the English translation, "None is pretty." is very odd. The alternative "None of them is pretty." is far better. I would have gone with 'are', but Grammarly recommends 'is'. I would also suggest "Not one is pretty." as an acceptable translation.

[godo639992]

"None is beautiful" is the correct answer

[vvsey]

How about "Neither one is beautiful"?

[GerSzej]

does'nt "neither" involve two parties in English? None can refer to more than two. Again, English not being my native language, I could be wrong

[Elloughton]

"Not one" means exactly the same, I feel, as a native English speaker. Also, sometimes we need to forget the grammar, and concentrate on meaning, I would suggest.

[AnCatDubh]

OK now I’m really confused about the function of ‘egyik’.

[Daria981412]

"egyik sem" is an expression which is translated as "none of them"

[PekoBodin]

Not even one is pretty?

[shlomopong]

What about "No one is pretty"?

[Tielbert]

Can someone who knows Hungarian explain this construction egyik sem? I don't think we have met it in previous lessons.

[MrkHavasi1]

Egyik - one of them.
Sem - (se nem) neither ... nor
Egyik sem - not even one of them.

[PierrePoutine]

Is this the natural way to say "none of them is pretty" in Hungarian? Instead of Nincs szép?

[GarethShaw2]

This is just wrong....

[Monika308374]

would that be "Keines ist schön" or "Kein einziges ist schön" in German?

[WilliamsBlair]

"None" is actually singular. "Not one".

[clairelanc3]

I can't understand the logic. Egyik is the one,isn't it? Where does the "none"come from?

[mizinamo]

From the negative meaning implied in sem.

[clairelanc3]

Not quite clear. It is more like "one is not pretty either" which doesn't mean much,but doesn't imply "none"

[MrkHavasi1]

'Sem' is (se nem) the equivalent of neither ... nor.

[kobihershk]

I always understood that none means more then one even if it abbreviates "no one" - doesn't it mean the speaker saw more then one and found none acceptable ? Or pretty in this case...

[Mahubuda]

None is not singular, this sentence should use He/She/it is not, correct English for plural should translate as "none are"

[kendra.mulder]

If 'egy' is (among others) one/a, then perhaps 'Not one is pretty' is more accurate, albeit formal, grammatically correct and natural english translation

[Rox349393]

Why isn't "Neither is pretty" accepted?

[O0A4n0Uv]

I'm fairly certain that it should say "none are pretty" or "none of them are pretty" or "none of those are pretty ".

[VERA63180]

Egyik: We never learned that word before, did we?