"Seventy boys are running among the wide, tall trees."
Translation:A széles, magas fák között hetven fiú fut.
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I have to say that the alternate sentence offered in the multi choice format, "Hetven fiú a széles, magas ügyvédek között fut," paints a more intriguing picture.
I know Magyar has a lose sentence structure but I think this is pushing it a little. My parents never spoke like that. Anyone else?
I don't understand this. Usually, all the sentences doulingo builts up are: Subject + locality + verb. So why is the sentence that is built that way wrong now? (and usually, if I experiment with the lose sentence structure in the "translate to Hungarian" tasks, the above mentioned is the only accepted...) I really have issues with the sentence structure of that language...
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I am a total beginner but if I close my eyes and try to describe the scene like a film script I often get the order correct.
Main "rule" in word order for Hungarian is teh most important bit goes before the verb - might be the focus, the pre-fix , a question word stb. So this order emphasises it is the 70 BOYS that is important - not where they run.
Surely if it was the 70 boys that were the emphasis, they would be at the beginning of the sentence?
I dont understand what's wrong with "a széles, magas fak hetven fiu között fut"?
I don't understand why "Hetven fiú a széles magas fák közöt futnak" is wrong.
The plural verb 'futnak' is wrong here. Strangely enough, numerals take singular nouns and singular vebs: 'Hetven fiú fut' (literally: seventy boy runs) and not: Hetven fiúk futnak (seventy boys run). The numeral is enough to indicate the plural, so the noun and the verb can be in the singular forms.