"The old cars are small and not good."
Translation:A régi autók kicsik és nem jók.
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"Nincs" is the negation of "van", the substitute of "nem van". In this sentence, there wouldn't be "van" at all, as this is just a copula sentence linking nouns to adjectives.
Öreg vs régi, both are Duolingo translations. Why is régi always accepted, but öreg never is?
Thank you. I've heard régi used reffering to people before. I think I understand the differences now.
Using régi for people (apart from the overquoted "régi barát" phrase) still sounds out of this world for me, almost as if you said "water" actually meant "apple". I can't associate it to any kind of native speakers - and when you learn something like this about your language on Duolingo, it's quite suspicious.
Because "this is just a copula sentence linking nouns to adjectives". :) These kind of sentences never contain "van" or "vannak".