"Az ebédlő a konyha mellett van."

Translation: The dining room is beside the kitchen.

[spiraldancing]

ebédlő vs étkező ... any significant difference in meaning? Is either more commonly used? Regional preferences?

[Findil]

Étkező is more formal, but that's the only difference.

[spiraldancing]

Kösz.

[vvsey]

I would use "étkező" for the dining room/area in a home only. An "ebédlő" can be anywhere, for example, in a school. What you could call the cafeteria.

[deactivated user]

Really tired of tranlations using "by" for "next to" or "beside" when translating mellet and -nal. "By" is rarely used by English speakers in this way. Tehnically correct I think but almost archaic.

[Ishana92]

it should all be accepted. By is used in certain cases. Definitely not archaic.

[cesarella1]

what about near for mellet?