"Ti nem mosogattok, hanem táncoltok."

Translation: You aren't doing the dishes, but dancing.

[RobertEddy]

Sometimes when you're lighthearted in the kitchen one activity can morph into another. If my wife spoke Hungarian I could hear her say this now and then.

[Krisbaudi]

én mosogatok - ti mosogattok
Is that right?

[vvsey]

Yes, that is correct. ("Ti" is the plural informal you).

[jAdinegoro]

Mit csináltok? - Hungarian words I heard for the first time by playing a game, and since then I am interested in

[Nebivedel]

Why is "You are not washing the dishes, but are dancing" wrong?

[Krisbaudi]

I guess, it should be either: but dancing OR but you are dancing.

[MagdaQuinl]

Washing up is most commonly used for washing dishes. It would never be used for clothes, cars etc.

[sherm0]

but mostly just for brits, nem?

[MagdaQuinl]

Aussies us washing up instead of washing the dishes most commonly - so not just Brits.

[EsjaL]

What's wrong with "washing up"?

[akilleyca.48]

why is "dishes" required in the answer?

[Krisbaudi]

Because one can wash dishes, cars, clothes, animals and other things. Hungarians have a word just for cleaning the DISHES (mosogatni), like the Germans (abspülen).

[MagdaQuinl]

...and the English/Australians use washing up just for cleaning dishes