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by MagyarJános
Mon Dec 11, 2023 5:13 am
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: History of the Hungarian language.
Replies: 1
Views: 284
Hungary

Re: History of the Hungarian language.

Elsétálok az autódtól.
Az autódtól sétálok el. <- This part was explained very well. I started to get this part just recently.

by MagyarJános
Wed Oct 11, 2023 7:19 am
Forum: Discussions
Topic: Can you help translate "We're all in this together" ?
Replies: 40
Views: 3596
Hungary

Re: Can you help translate "We're all in this together" ?

We are all in this together - over three years of heavy use in Duolingo, and I still need help from Google Translate with the grammar. Disgusting! (We are all) (in this) (together) (We all)(together)(we are)(in this). ( Mindannyian )(együtt)(vagyunk)(ebben) Mindannyian együtt vagyunk ebben. - Togeth...
by MagyarJános
Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:38 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Match Madness
Replies: 24
Views: 30059
Hungary

Re: Match Madness

The brand new 'levels' changes on Match Madness are awful. So, the better you get, the higher the bar gets raised, to the point that you cannot achieve the full score...even to the point of being faster than the previous round, but you only earn the middle level of XP (lower than you did in the pre...
by MagyarJános
Wed Aug 23, 2023 3:36 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Match Madness
Replies: 24
Views: 30059
Hungary

Re: Match Madness

Yesterday I was finally able to start consistently finishing match madness in time. The keys for me were maybe these: 1) really relaxing and not caring too much while doing it. 2) trying to make sure i got everything matched, sometimes by process of elimination but always trying to eliminate all of...
by MagyarJános
Mon Jul 03, 2023 10:35 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Streak Freeze crazy
Replies: 56
Views: 5019
Hungary

Re: Streak Freeze crazy

I am still afraid to miss a day. I don't know how these freezes work. I am at 1192.

by MagyarJános
Wed May 31, 2023 1:33 am
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: Why is ‘van’ used in: Ez nem görögül van!
Replies: 10
Views: 598
Hungary

Re: Why is ‘van’ used in: Ez nem görögül van!

There are a lot of the suffixes that need some explanation.
Görög and Görögül are different. The former is identity, the latter is "in the language". It's almost like the way a location is treated.

Ez portugálül van
spanyolül
franciaül
németül
lengyelül
angolül

by MagyarJános
Fri Mar 31, 2023 6:03 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Ezeknek a kislányoknak a tanára az iskolába érkezik. (en → hu)
Replies: 3
Views: 253
Hungary

Re: Ezeknek a kislányoknak a tanára az iskolába érkezik. (en → hu)

LICA98 wrote: Thu Mar 30, 2023 7:53 am

why not iskolához?

"iskolába" is into the school - usually destinations have -ba/-be. "hoz/hez" keeps you technically outside of the school.

The -ba/-be implies that you actually arrive in the school.

by MagyarJános
Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:26 am
Forum: Angol
Topic: unfamiliar suffix - boldog(gá), elég(gé)
Replies: 0
Views: 279
Hungary

unfamiliar suffix - boldog(gá), elég(gé)

Ő elég érdekes - She is pretty interesting.

So what is the difference between elég and eléggé ?

...same for boldog/boldoggá ????

by MagyarJános
Tue Mar 21, 2023 4:15 am
Forum: Angol
Topic: A megnyitó e hét pénteken van
Replies: 1
Views: 296
Hungary

A megnyitó e hét pénteken van

I have been seeing this in the Hungarian-to-English, and there is no explanation anywhere on this. It has appeared in two separate sentences. A megnyitó e hét pénteken van. - The opening is this Friday. This "e" by itself - what is it? I tried to ask the Messenger group, and got an explana...
by MagyarJános
Fri Jan 27, 2023 7:14 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?
Replies: 49
Views: 6694
Hungary

Re: Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?

Hungarian has an obsession with flying kindergarten teachers lol. They are supposed to be teaching their class, but they are too busy flying over airports, over cities, and among the planes and flying cows lol. The poor students aren't getting a quality edumacation! Also walking on water :ugeek: :D...
by MagyarJános
Tue Jan 10, 2023 3:39 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?
Replies: 49
Views: 6694
Hungary

Re: Duolingo has many funny sentences. A forum to share them?

Hungarian has an obsession with flying kindergarten teachers lol. They are supposed to be teaching their class, but they are too busy flying over airports, over cities, and among the planes and flying cows lol.

The poor students aren't getting a quality edumacation!

by MagyarJános
Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:19 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Did www-internal.duolingo.com/learn stop working?
Replies: 44
Views: 4490
Hungary

Re: Did www-internal.duolingo.com/learn stop working?

Last night I also lost any possibility to start lessons on internal duolingo. That must be Santa Clause from Duolingo. What still works for me are the links from the duome tree (duome.eu/<user>/tree) but only for lessons that the "new path" thinks I am entitled to do. Since the time i was...
by MagyarJános
Thu Dec 08, 2022 5:00 am
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: Did www-internal.duolingo.com/learn stop working?
Replies: 44
Views: 4490
Hungary

Re: Did www-internal.duolingo.com/learn stop working?

I still have the tree, but if I try to click a lesson, it sends me back to the tree.

How could the think this would be better than the tree?

by MagyarJános
Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:16 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: A magyarok szívesen esznek paprikát.
Replies: 1
Views: 96
Hungary

A magyarok szívesen esznek paprikát.

A magyarok szívesen esznek paprikát. ("The")(Hungarians)(with pleasure/willingly)(they eat)(paprika dir obj ) Hungarians with pleasure eat paprika. Hungarians eat paprika with pleasure. Hungarians like eating paprika. So - what is the difference between using szívesen and szeretnek? A magy...
by MagyarJános
Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: Duolingo
Topic: update for duolingo
Replies: 36
Views: 3954
Hungary

Re: update for duolingo

I had a lot of my Legendary settings reversed with the update.
Those seemed to have become more difficult.
I struggle enough with trying to learn a difficult language like Hungarian.

by MagyarJános
Sat Sep 24, 2022 1:39 am
Forum: Duome's How-to Guides
Topic: Practice the same skill for XP
Replies: 42
Views: 6695
Hungary

Re: Practice the same skill for XP

Otherwise, the League is pointless. The leagues are stupid anyway. Repeating a lesson just to farm experience points is an absolute waste of one's lifetime. It is really bad if someone is trying to learn a difficult language. I am trying to learn Hungarian and it is one of toughest languages in the...
by MagyarJános
Tue Aug 16, 2022 2:28 pm
Forum: Angol
Topic: Péntek és szombat éjszakánként.
Replies: 0
Views: 302
Hungary

Péntek és szombat éjszakánként.

Péntek és szombat éjszakánként. - Friday and Saturday nights.

Why is this not "on Friday and Saturday nights." ???

-ként is also a sore spot :(

by MagyarJános
Sun Aug 14, 2022 9:39 pm
Forum: Angol
Topic: The birds eat the fruit. (hu → en)
Replies: 4
Views: 606
Hungary

Re: The birds eat the fruit. (hu → en)

Yep - the subtle difference between...

A madarak gyümölcsöt esznek = The birds eat fruit.
A madarak megeszik a gyümölcsöt. = The birds eat the fruit.

by MagyarJános
Sun Aug 14, 2022 4:53 am
Forum: Angol
Topic: He drinks your milk. (hu → en)
Replies: 3
Views: 413
Hungary

Re: He drinks your milk. (hu → en)

LICA98 wrote: Sat Aug 06, 2022 7:27 pm

how come both tejed and tejedet work here... is the accusative optional when there's a possessive?

I'd like to know this, too.
I would definitely have said: Megissza a tejedet.

by MagyarJános
Fri Aug 12, 2022 2:03 pm
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: Do you have the new Path?
Replies: 5
Views: 476
Hungary

Re: Do you have the new Path?

Hello, To the people who are learning Hungarian: how many of you have the old layout, and how many of you have the new single Path? Asking especially those who are using the website version. I still use the old layout. Még mindig a régi formátumot használom. Ugh, I still have trouble with word orde...
by MagyarJános
Fri Aug 12, 2022 3:54 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Valamelyik gyárban nincs senki. (en → hu)
Replies: 8
Views: 490
Hungary

Re: Valamelyik gyárban nincs senki. (en → hu)

I need to review this, but in that forum thread, this is what I wrote. It could work, but the issue is.....are you ready for this....... Technically, we don't know how many factories are being discussed here! Valamelyik is meant to cover that - one of (two), or one of (many)! I looked at this senten...
by MagyarJános
Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:50 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: Nekem piros kabátom van, neked pedig fekete. (en → hu)
Replies: 3
Views: 216
Hungary

Re: Nekem piros kabátom van, neked pedig fekete. (en → hu)

LICA98 wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:41 pm

why not "nekem piros kabátom van és neked fekete"

It's the word "pedig" that is important....it serves as "and" and "whereas".
You can use és, but pedig is more descriptive in this case. At least, that is what I have understood.

by MagyarJános
Mon Jun 20, 2022 4:48 am
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: A sportolóknak színes cipőjük van. (en → hu)
Replies: 4
Views: 246
Hungary

Re: A sportolóknak színes cipőjük van. (en → hu)

LICA98 wrote: Sat Jun 18, 2022 6:52 pm

how come both cipője and cipőjük work here 🤔

Hungarian actually has a similar concept as English in a way.

For instance, pants and shoes can be singular in some cases.

by MagyarJános
Tue May 10, 2022 8:56 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: A hülye kutya oda ugrik, ahol autók és villamosok haladnak. (en → hu)
Replies: 3
Views: 213
Hungary

Re: A hülye kutya oda ugrik, ahol autók és villamosok haladnak. (en → hu)

why not "a hülye kutya ugrik oda ahol haladnak autók és villamosok"? TOPIC FOCUS VERB OTHER Topic = a hülye kutya Focus = oda <- location is important in this sentence. Verb = ugrik Other = ahol autók és villamosok haladnak oda and ahol are kinda tied together in this sentence.
by MagyarJános
Sun May 08, 2022 11:09 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: A rendőr oda lép be, ahonnan a betörő kifut. (en → hu)
Replies: 9
Views: 574
Hungary

Re: A rendőr oda lép be, ahonnan a betörő kifut. (en → hu)

how come on this sentence it's allowed to put "oda" in front of "ahonnan" but in general it's forbidden to do that 🤔 Jzsuzsi is right; this is an ugly skill :) But, the thing with this section is - you are right....ODA is tied to AHONNAN. BELÉP becomes LÉP BE due to focus rules....
by MagyarJános
Sun May 08, 2022 11:02 pm
Forum: Sentence discussions
Topic: A busz onnan indul, ahol sok ember vár. (en → hu)
Replies: 4
Views: 323
Hungary

Re: A busz onnan indul, ahol sok ember vár. (en → hu)

LICA98 wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 8:26 pm

why not elindul?

The pre-verb would just be extra information. Onnan kind of takes care of the origin. It's already implied.

by MagyarJános
Sat Apr 30, 2022 10:33 pm
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: éppen
Replies: 2
Views: 300
Hungary

Re: éppen

This comes up in the English for Hungarian speakers course. English has present simple and present continuous. .. two different tenses where one is enough in Hungarian. So how would you explain the difference to Hungarians? Here, the course creators did a trick, by adding some extra words. "ép...
by MagyarJános
Fri Apr 29, 2022 5:37 pm
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: éppen
Replies: 2
Views: 300
Hungary

éppen

Mit esznek éppen ? -> What are they eating? vs. Mit esznek? -> What do they eat? / What are they eating? or Éppen esznek. vs. Megeszek. .....is this more of a timeframe/instance issue? :P It's hard to try and go about this without much of an explanation, we don't have Duolingo forums anymore.
by MagyarJános
Wed Apr 27, 2022 3:31 pm
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: kínálni -val/-vel engem vs. (fel)ajánlani -t neki
Replies: 1
Views: 293
Hungary

kínálni -val/-vel engem vs. (fel)ajánlani -t neki

(A férje) (kávéval) (kínál) (engem). (Her husband) (with coffee) ("she" offers) (me dir obj ). Her husband offers me coffee.... (A férje) (alkut) (ajánl) (nekem). (Her husband) (a deal) (offers) (to me). Her husband offers me a deal. So...kínálni offers "with" (-val/-vel) to a di...
by MagyarJános
Sat Apr 16, 2022 8:49 am
Forum: Hungarian
Topic: Implicit "you" or "me" within Hungarian
Replies: 4
Views: 387
Hungary

Re: Implicit "you" or "me" within Hungarian

I am glad you both used tekint and tetszik - there's another topic I found that might need to be addressed, but I'll keep it separate :).

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