"Mi van a férfiakon?"

Translation: What are the men wearing?

[hungarobrabo]

I find it really disturbing the way hungarians form this question.

[myogenic]

"What is on the men" - that is not a natural sentence in English. I assume it should be - What are the men wearing?

[ace_of_aces]

Agreed!

[JimmRepp]

Can this also mean "What is on the men?" (Purple slime?) (Ketchup?) or is this reserved for how the men are dressed?

[RyagonIV]

That is a valid interpretation as well. Needs a lot of context, though.

[azureblu1]

If my Hungarian grandmother would have asked me that question, I honestly would have thought she meant just what you said..... What is on the men! Lol!! I don't see how it refers to clothing only!

[SamanthaGasmire]

why is the van not plural, vannak, here since we are talking about men and not a man?

[mizinamo]

Because the subject is mi "what", which is singular.

[SamanthaGasmire]

Ok thank you

[Vinczeneanna]

What are the men wearing? I don't know why is it wrong answer.

[eminens2]

It is correct, and accepted. 2019.09.02.

[BetsyLowe]

That's how Hungarians ask the question. What are you in?

[ljikontic]

Please don't be kidding with present tense and continiousspresent Why not What are the men wearing

[Sophie413148]

Was haben die Männer an? Mi van a férfiakon? Almost similiar in German.

[norveeg]

Do you always need "the" in the English version? I'd say "What do men have on?" which would imply slightly different meaning, but I think it should have been accepted, too.

[Flix772304]

why not "Miben vannak a férfiak?"