"Az amerikaiak imádják az autókat."

Translation: Americans adore cars.

[DoktorVirag]

We simply adore them dahling.

[JohnWeber786406]

imádni - to adore/worship
INDEF. PRES. én imádok, te imádsz, ő imád, mi imádunk, ti imádtok, ők imádnak.
DEF. PRES. én imádom, te imádod, ő imádja, mi imádjuk, ti imádjátok, ők imádják

[jsiehler]

De mennyire igaz. :/

[AlexRadu21]

I assume you also saw THAT one guy from America who liked his car a bit too much?

[Iva818387]

Why imádják? I mean the "ják" there... it's not specific cars, it's all in general... why not "imádnak autókat"? I'm still confused about the usage of the nak vs. ják ... thought I learnt a good rule about the "being specific"... but here it doesn't apply :/

[Brekkki]

In generally: there is an object (all the same singular or plural object) follows " ják", there is an activity follows "nak".
Example: Americans adore cars. - Az amerikaiak imádják az autókat.

Americans adore/love to drive. - Az amerikaiak imádnak vezetni.

Hungarian adore/love to eat. - A magyarok imádnak enni.

Hungarian adore food. - A magyarok imádják az ételt.

[Judit294350]

Yes it is. It is implied "THE cars" not "ANY cars" it is a general statement so needs an "az" so takes the definite conjugation.

[Jcvug]

The rule is not exactly about generality, the verb form depends on definite/indefinite article of the object:
imádnak egy autót
imádják az autót

See also: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/im%C3%A1d

[Iva818387]

And "Az amerikaiak imádnak autókat" would not be correct? I mean ... I guess it's difficult for me to assess when Hungarians use the specific "az/a" and the related "-ják" .. it seems they use a definite "az/a" very often even for general statements...

[SchlachterZoltan]

"Az amerikaiak autókat imádnak és nem isteneket." means "Americans adore cars and not gods."
The word "imád" meaning is closer to "worship". "Adore" means "rajong".