"The young Arab boy is eating lunch where the Japanese cook is standing."

Translation: A fiatal arab fiú ott ebédel, ahol a japán szakács áll.

[Apahegy]

What is wrong with "A fiatal arab fiú ebédel, ahol a japán szakács áll?"

[hatcher]

That's not how it's said in Hungarian. You need "ott".

[Apahegy]

In the right circumstances, could you also use "itt?"

[hatcher]

I can't think of any sentence where it would sound right to me but I don't rule it out completely.

[hippietrail]

Could somebody explain the function of "ott" in this sentence please?

[bnyugat]

is it ok if the 'ott' is after ebédel instead of before?

[Wazav94]

Yeah, if you want to emphasize that the young Arab boy is the one who is standing there and not any other person. The original sentence emphasizes the place ('ott').