"A gazdag és híres izraeli író a kicsi folyó mellett ül és ír."

Translation: The rich and famous Israeli writer is sitting and writing beside the small river.

[bturbanic]

is sitting...and writing should surely be accepted, too.

[Matt92HUN]

"The rich and famous Israeli writer sits beside the small river and he's Irish." should be accepted too.

[TamsMar]

no because he's Israeli

[Moripolyglot]

What's with the ultra long sentences? Seriously look at this? Was this necessary? IS this how you get your sick kicks?

[MichaelC.B7]

little is not accepted

[elisabeth902461]

I leave behind my opinion for this one time, but this sentence
is prop and packed with contradictions not to harden
"not even for a romantic novel in Hungarian" = to translate --- greeting

[Small_Hobbit]

I was only offered is sitting and writing not sits and writes!

[TamsMar]

that should be correct as well, since there's no difference between them in hungarian, as we only have one kind of present

[JanetHedle]

Does anybody else find some of these sentences so long that they are hard to remember as you type? In the other course I am following (Spanish), the sentences are much shorter, and I find I can concentrate on the grammar point more easily.
I do realise the course compilers for Hungarian are trying to help us practise as much vocab as possible at once, but still......!