"Is it noon here?"
Translation:Itt dél van?
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I am glad that we have unlimited hearts, and I hope the Hungarian course keeps this feature. There are so many possible sentence orders that in order to develop a sense of what "feels"right, you have to try orders that are not accepted. For this course in particular, there should be a more flexible or absent hearts system because of that.
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Is anyone besides myself frustrated that Duolingo keeps marking things wrong without an explanation of why the word order is the way it is??
I guess it is because we want to ephatise the place, because we are talking about that place, "itt dél van?" Would be correct since we are refering/talking about "this" place.
We are qualifying the place.
Unlikely phrase. "Is it noon?" would be understandable. If one were calling out of one's time zone, "Is it noon there?" would also be possibly used. But since the speaker is already "here" to ask the question, the inserted "here" is superfluous. Otherwise, why not "Am I here?"
How do I know which translation of this Hungarian sentence is correct? Itt dél van - It is noon here. Itt dél van - Is it noon here.
In writing, "Itt dél van." = "It is noon here." and "Itt dél van?" = "Is it noon here?", note the punctuation. In speech, the pitch of the sentence will be even or go down if it is a statement, and will go up if it is a question.