"Péter székeket keres, nem asztalokat."

Translation: Péter is looking for chairs, not tables.

[Senaqueribe77]

So far Present tense in Hungarian can be translated by both Simple present and Present continuous. But NOT IN THIS CASE! I could not grasp why "looks for" IS NOT an acceptable translation for "keres".

[vvsey]

Because it has not been added as an acceptable translation yet. Please report it, it is perfectly fine.

[Alexander577428]

Just bumped into the same problem. Reported :-)

[Senaqueribe77]

Thank you very much for the answer!

[F3rt0]

Shouldn't it be ''asztalokot'' by following vowel harmony rules?

[joemagyarul]

No. While very often you can expect that -ot is the ending for singular back vowel nouns, when in the plural the accusative is usually -at (back) or -et (front)

But in general a singular back noun will have either -ot or -at or just -t, as is the case with asztalt

[MortenI]

What about "wants"?

[Judit294350]

No this is more active. keres is not the same as kér