"I am painting a phone."

Translation: Én egy telefont festek.

[weitzhandler]

Why is telefont festek wrong?

[oh1231]

Its not, you should report it.

[Heroldnak]

Possibly dumb question here:

If I am painting a representation of a telephone on a canvas, should I still use akkusativ here? "Telefont", and not "telefon"?

[Hulk014]

If you do anything with an object, you have to use accusative.

But if the phone actually rings, you say:"A telefon csörög."

[Heroldnak]

I know. That is actually the question. Technically I am painting the canvas, so no accusative here... No?

[Hulk014]

Sorry, if i wasn't clear enough. What i meant is that you still have to use accusative.

Egy vászonra/papírra festem a telefont. - I'm painting the phone on a canvas/paper.

[GrowingViolet]

I was marked wrong for not including "egy". How come it is needed here, but not in similar sentences? Should I report it?

[vvsey]

Yes, I guess, it would also work without "egy". But the "egy" version sounds more natural.

[scadgek]

Why isn't "Festem telefont" correct? I read somewhere that you use -om/-em when you perform an action on something specific, like "tudom ez házat" - I know this house. Or is it not entirely correct?

[Judit294350]

No - you use the definite conjugation when you have a definite article - plus a few other conditions. "a" (egy) is an indefinite article. "the", "this", "that" are definite. So it would be Ismerem ez a házat (opps edited)

[jzsuzsi]

I know this house. would be Ismerem ezt a házat.

[Judit294350]

Silly mistake - thank you.

[Minakris]

Why it is wrong....festek telefont ?

[Emanuele251738]

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