Topic: Hungarian

"This is not a dream!"

Translation:Ez nem álom!

August 23, 2016

10 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/plastoquinone

    Why can't we use 'nincs' here?

    August 23, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/profile/vvsey

      Because "nincs" means "there is no". So it would literally become "This is there is no dream".

      August 23, 2016
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/plastoquinone

        Thank you!

        August 29, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mbgreen11

          But it seems that rarely is Hungarian translated literally but rather has many colloquialisms. I thought I was supposed to use "nincs" every time that I ran across "it is not."

          September 5, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mizinamo
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          • 48

          nincs is more or less like nem van -- and so like van it is used in situations such as "there is [an object in a certain location]" but not in situations such as "X is (a) Y" (the cat is red, the book is a novel, this is a dream", etc.

          September 5, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/vvsey

            Yes, it is "there is not", rather than "it is not". It is an existential thing. Something does not exist or is not located somewhere.

            September 5, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/MNHMONIKON

              Would "nincs álom" be "there is no dream"?

              July 29, 2017
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jzsuzsi
              • 382

              Yes.

              July 2, 2018
              https://www.duolingo.com/profile/KaIs967201

                This torture..........

                June 13, 2018
                https://www.duolingo.com/profile/RebeccaCalkins
                • 6

                Why can't we say "Nem ez álom?"

                March 6, 2019
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