"He is rarely here."

Translation: Ritkán van itt.

[KatjaJuliannova]

Is it possible to say 'Ritkán itt van' ?

[woolfool]

99% of the time it is Ritkán van itt. And I just can't think of an example for that 1%.

[hatcher]

Grammatically yes but it changes the emphasis. "Ritkán van itt" sounds negative, "Ritkán itt van" sounds positive. Compare: "Minden nap itt kéne lennie, de ritkán van itt." vs "Sose kéne itt lennie, de ritkán itt van."

[DJJG7]

I will take your word for it that "Ritkán van itt" sounds negative, and "Ritkán itt van" sounds positive. I would not know. But the rest of the examples you gave I cannot understand at my point in this course, for they have several words I do not know. But thank you for the first sentence!

[deactivated user]

I would say Néha itt van instead of Ritkán itt van. Sounds more natural.

[AndyDuoHungarian]

I think that would mean something along the lines of "He/she is rarely HERE" (but some where else).

It changes the meaning of the sentence.

"Ritkán van itt" is " He/she is RARELY here," which makes more sense for this sentence.

[deactivated user]

I took this one and it was correct, independent of the usability.

[JulesSchul1]

I used "Ő ritkán itt van" and it marked it correct. I just want to make sure this sentence has the same meaning.

[AndyAnady]

I put "Ritkan ő itt van" and it was marked incorrect, Hungarian is hard lmao

[RobertoGro7]

Interesting!

[LuSadie]

I've given up trying to apply rules, just going to memorise these phrases.