"Az áruházban nincsenek autók."
Translation:There are no cars in the department store.
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How would you say there are NOT cars in the department stores. instead of There are NO cars in the department store. Is there a difference?
"There are not cars in the department stores." does not sound correct to me in English.
At least not unless you are setting up a contrast, e.g. "There are not cars in the department stores, but trains." (Which I think would be Az áruházban nem autók vannak, hanem vonatok.)
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In a previous exercise was "nincs piros alma az áruházban", and in the comments they said, that plural isn't needed in such structures. However, here i see "nincsenek autók" - why plural?
I'd like to ask the same. I'm sure there is a slight difference in meaning using plural here rather than singular. But what is this difference?
Department store is such an old fashioned way of referring to a shop, it might as well be a practical flaw in a language exam. "Shop" is a beautiful word that covers üzlet, bolt and aruhaz at the same time.
In American English, at least, we use store more often than shop. A shop tends to be a smaller establishment with specialized items, while stores are bigger with a variety of items in larger quantities.
Further to Jennifer's point, department stores are bigger still, with a larger variety of goods frequently spread over multiple floors. Examples: Harrod's, Macy's, Karstadt, Hudson's Bay Co. all department stores, and definitely not shops
They may become antiquated with specialised shops and the rise of internet shopping because of COVID, but they are still a thing.
they need to get rid of this "department store" thing already, at least not to count it as a mistake