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Ebben a szobában minden szék magas, semennyi sem alacsony. (en → hu) Topic is solved

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Ebben a szobában minden szék magas, semennyi sem alacsony. (en → hu)

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Ebben a szobában minden szék magas, semennyi sem alacsony.

en: In this room all chairs are tall, none are low.

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LICA98
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Re: Ebben a szobában minden szék magas, semennyi sem alacsony. (en → hu)

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what's the difference between nem and sem here?

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jzsuzsi

Re: Ebben a szobában minden szék magas, semennyi sem alacsony. (en → hu)

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LICA98 wrote: Sun May 01, 2022 10:09 pm

what's the difference between nem and sem here?

Here, there is no difference, because it is combined with semennyi

semennyi sem = semennyi nem

Similarly, for other s-words for negation:

semmi sem = semmi nem

senki sem = senki nem

sehol sem = sehol nem

BUT: if sem or nem stand alone, they are really different.

See this post: https://magyarbagoly.blogspot.com/2022/ ... tives.html

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