"Könyvet vagy kenyeret?"

Translation: A book or bread?

[RobertEddy]

The starving scholar's choice?

[LapFung]

Is it a slang? It sounds quite philosophical.

[joemagyarul]

I assume they included this as a sentence because the two words sound similar.

[JuliaToth92]

Can someone explain why it's not just "Könyv vagy kenyér"? There is no other subject in the sentence right?

[joemagyarul]

When the subject and verb are omitted, the remaining object is in the accusative. (book or bread is not a subject, so it's not in nominative case)

It's the same in English, except there is no difference between nominative and accusative most of the time. We would never say He or she?, but rather, Him or Her?

[JuliaToth92]

Köszi!

[Dortyol]

In some cases yes, but generally you are not right.

[AhmadMarouf]

because the actual sentence would be: do you want book or bread?

[JuliaToth92]

That makes sense, köszönöm

[Tzuryi]

A book or a bread? - Why is it wrong to say "a" two times?

[AndyDuoHungarian]

"A bread" doesn't sound like proper English. Now, "a loaf of bread" does sound right, but I don't think that's what the Hungarian sentence says.

[Liggliluff]

But not allowing "a bread" is very picky. It should be fine.

[LadyBug5212]

We don't say "a bread" in English. "A loaf of bread" or "a slice of bread" is OK, but not "a bread".

[CesarAntonio0598]

Mit akarsz, könyvet vagy kenyeret?

[TomDeVries20]

I guess the question for me is, in this lesson we had both
Könyv vagy kenyér
and
Könyvet vagy kenyéret
do they mean the same thing...?

[Imre565437]

Not exactly.
Mi van a képen, könyv vagy kenyér?
What's in the picture, book or bread?
Mit akarsz venni, könyvet vagy kenyeret?
What do you want to buy, a book or bread?

[TomDeVries20]

Thank you, that is very helpful!