"Dél van, itt a busz."

Translation: It is noon, here is the bus.

[TobiasSchoenberg]

Is the English translation correct. I don't understand it.

[hossein123123]

yeah me too :/

[rfanon]

As i understand it, it is simply confirming something that was expected. E.g. Two people are at a bus stop waiting for a bus scheduled to arrive at noon, and just state the obvious "It is noon, and here is the bus!" when it arrives.

[Jarl9]

No

[Harly5210]

Doesn't van always have to be used with locations?

[Shamarth]

"Itt", "ott" and "hol" are interesting, because if they are in front of the noun, "van" is not obligatory.

• "Hol a busz?" = "Hol van a busz?"
• "Itt a busz." = "Itt van a busz."
• "Ott a busz." = "Ott van a busz."

But this is only valid for singular. In plural "vannak" is always necessary with locations.

[GrubbaFong]

Such odd sentence structure ... in the English translation. "It is Friday night, the frogs are purple." My hopes for this understanding dim are.

[thegreatwalle]

Not so odd to me - "it's noon [which is when the bus's scheduled arrival is, and] here is the bus (here comes the bus)"

[AngeCI]

I wrote “the bus is here” and it's not accepted. Is it translated differently in Hungarian?

[MrtonPolgr]

I would accept it, although one could argue the neutral statement would be "a busz itt van".