"Nyolc lány áll a ház előtt."
Translation:Eight girls are standing in front of the house.
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I'm just curious about the word order in this sentence. I translated it correctly, but the order is a little different from what I've usually seen in these lessons, which would be: "Nyolc lány a ház előtt áll ."
Is this just another way of saying it, equally correct? Or is there a subtle reason why the original order was chosen?
Still trying to wrap my brain around word order. :)
Thanks!
Think about what you're trying to tell the listener.
Do you want to let them know Who is standing in front of the house? Then you would use "Nyolc lány áll a ház előtt."
Do you want to let them know Where are eight girls standing? Then you would use "Nyolc lány a ház előtt áll ."
Both sentences are fine, so if there was any reasoning behind the choice of one version or the other for this question, it was probably just that the former scenario seemed more likely. Somehow the absence of a definite article make it seem that way to me. I could imagine the second order more easily if it were "A nyolc lány a ház előtt áll."