Questions & Answers about Mióta rossz a jelerősség?
What does mióta mean exactly?
Mióta asks about the starting point of a situation that has been continuing up to now. In English, it is often translated as since when? or, depending on context, how long has ... been ...?
So in this sentence, Mióta rossz a jelerősség? is asking when the signal strength became bad, with the idea that it is still bad now.
Why is the English translation often How long has the signal strength been bad? even though Hungarian does not use a perfect tense here?
Hungarian usually uses the present tense for situations that started in the past and are still true now. English often uses the present perfect in the same situation.
So Hungarian:
- Mióta rossz a jelerősség?
can correspond to English:
- How long has the signal strength been bad?
- Since when has the signal strength been bad?
This is a very common difference between Hungarian and English.
Why is there no word for is in the sentence?