"Az okos emberek a zebrán mennek át."
Translation:Smart people cross at the crosswalk.
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I can't resist this and I'm guessing vvsey will know what's coming. In this instance, smart or clever is the characteristic much like intelligence. But what do we have here? "Az okos emberek etc..." In the example we had of intelligent people not jumping out of windows, there was no "Az" at the beginning. The distinction was between a quality possessed (i.e a characteristic) and the person or creature depicted (e.g a lion or a Hungarian politician) where "A" or "Az" would be essential. In view of the contrast between "Intelligens emberek etc...." and "Az okos emberek etc....." I'm left with the impression that the use of "A" or "Az" at the beginning in these instances is largely optional. If that's correct, I understand because many speech patterns are.
Smart people go across on the zebra crossing. Not accepted and most definitely reported. 2 years ago I called this a Duolingo disaster. 2 years further on and I'm struggling to think of how much more disastrous it can get. Please, please, please fix this. Crosswalk may well be what Americans say but British people don't.
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I would kindly like to ask the mods to accept "cross ON the crosswalk", because it is perfectly fine...
Smart people go across on the zebra crossing. Not accepted, reported. Crosswalk is an American expression which isn't used in British English. Plenty of Americanisms have found their way across, (no pun intended), but not this one. The Duolingo disaster continues. I have tried and tried to get it fixed. By all means keep crosswalk but zebra crossing is good, too. Moreover, the Hungarian is zebrán so ON the zebra crossing is fine.