"Zsuzsa egy jó könyvet keres és nem talál."

Translation: Zsuzsa is looking for a good book and she cannot find any.

[John956569]

Would another possible translation be "Zsuzsa is looking for a good book and she can't find one"? It seems like the "any" or the "one" is just implied.

[Findil]

Yes, that's a good translation as well.

[Floriboman]

I think it's bizarre because in English the sentence clearly represents a contrast, so naturally, or at least that's what i think, there should be "but" instead of the "and"

Can i thus figure that the "és" in Hungarian is somehow just a sort of coordinate conjunction and can be used if the two parts are positive, negative or even both?

[PotatoDonkey]

No. The conjunction és really is a close equivalent in English and Hungarian. "Looks and doesn't find" is an acceptable idea and a normal construction in English.

[EmaZim]

is it necessary to use some word after "find"? (like "any", "one" or "it")

[Findil]

Yes, find has to have an object.

[EmaZim]

and could it be the word "it" in this sentence?

[ChristineSzentG]

I think not, for the reason JimLeonard0 gave above. (“It” would mean she can’t find a particular book, and then the definite conjugation would have been used for talál.)

[TonyWare1]

I think "any" is the wrong word, as it is better used when trying to find good books (plural). For one book egy könyvet, can't find "one" is better.

[austhonk]

the answer is Zsuzsa is looking for a good book and she cannot find one. OR Zsuzsa is looking for good bookS and she cannot find any.

[Kathy979841]

I put and cannot find it but it was rejected. They just seem to want and cannot find so I will try that

[JimLeonard0]

the word talál is indefinite conjugation which means that Zsuzsa is looking for any good book, and can't find any. If Zsuzsa is looking for a specific book, then you would use the definite form találja.

[Charlie531761]

"Zsuzsa is looking for a good book and cannot find any." should be a correct translation of the sentence. "she" is not necessary.

[deactivated user]

Is it the case that the 'a' here is descriptive, rather than implying 'one' book, which is why Zsuzsa cannot find 'any'?

[Kathy979841]

They have put the number one 1 instead of the word one. I don't think we would do that in English except for perhaps texting someone

[akilleyca.48]

Word bank does not have 'good'... which makes the correct answer impossible.

[Anna886679]

zsuzsa is looking for a good book and does not find it
Why is this answer not correct?

[MrtonPolgr]

I advise you to read other comments as well, this has been asked twice - the conjugation rules out the possibility, talking about a definite object would require találja. (And actually I feel this word order would be a bit weird if we think of "a good book" as a certain unnamed book that happens to be good... but that may be just me.)

[amking23]

FYI it marked my answer right but said I missed a space in 'cannot' which 1. I used cannot from the word bank and 2. I believe cannot or can not should be fine

[SkoepNoob]

Is zsuzsa a girl?

[mizinamo]

Zsuzsa is a girl's or woman's name in Hungarian.