"Young children are waiting at the hotels."
Translation:A szállodáknál fiatal gyerekek várnak.
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Could someone please explain what is incorrect in the following? Fiatal gyerekek a szállodáknál várnak.
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It sounds weird. "Fiatal gyerekek", being a subject without an article, wants to be in the focus position. Either the given sentence or "Fiatal gyerekek várnak a szállodáknál" are much better options.
That is "waiting in the hotels". "A szállodáknál" implies at that location, outside, whereas "A szállodákban" implies at that location, but inside.
I know. But in English nobody says "in the hotel", they say "at the hotel", meaning indifferently inside, outside, by the swimming pool, on the terrace, etc.
I think people would say in the hotel if they wanted to be clear that they were not out in front or anything, but I agree with you, the normal sentence in English is at the hotel regardless of inside or outside. I'd report it.
The "correct" Hungarian sentence is being presented here with "szállodáknál" spelled "szallodaknal." How do I report such a thing? The program tells me I have committed a typo.
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I'm afraid writing a comment here is the only thing you can do about this. :´)
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On the "correction" I got there were no stresses on szállodáknál and so it was written I had a typo. What is correct?
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The accent marks are an important part of the word. In Hungarian, a and á are considered different letters with different places in the alphabet, so spelling it szallodaknal is wrong. Someone has apparently added that answer without realising the lack of accent marks, but it's incorrect. Only szállodáknál is the correct spelling.
