"A gazdag nő odaül az asztalhoz."

Translation: The rich woman sits down there at the table.

[tedjeavons]

That is bad English

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[richardkiss]

What does this sentence actually translate to? Is it "The rich woman goes over to the table and sits down."? Or "The rich woman's seat is there at the table."? Or something else?

[dqJacO]

The rich woman goes and sits at the table.

[richardkiss]

Maybe "The rich woman goes to and sits at the table."? (You can't "go at" a table.)

[Kolozs2]

Is 'down' really necessary? Why can't this rich lady just sit at the table? In another instance we had "Lányok, odaülünk az asztalhoz?" translated simply as 'Girls, shall we sit at the table?" without 'there' and 'down'. It goes without saying that I did report.

[tedjeav]

Odaül includes TWO actions, thus causing difficult translation.

[Patricia460976]

Why not wealthy lady?

[RyagonIV]

Both "wealthy" and "lady" have better-fitting translations in Hungarian - módos and hölgy, respectively.

[paultroop]

Why down?

[DV-Mac]

To show action, as I understand it. She’s not sitting there already (ül), but rather is in the process of sitting there (odaül).