"Twenty-five men are sitting beside the tables."

Translation: Huszonöt férfi ül az asztalok mellett.

[Benoit539973]

Why ül is not at the end?

[Martybet]

I feel that "ül" could also go at the end, if it's not accepted here then it's best to report it as an alternative answer .

[cosmo-pedant]

I did report it myself, but now I see how the least important point of this sentence is exactly where they are sitting, so that comes last. I hope this is the correct way to look at it (word order)!

[jzsuzsi]

ül at the end is also acceptable, but less likely here.

The focus, the main information in the sentence now is "huszonöt férfi" "twenty-five men" (how many people sit there?) not the place (where do they sit?)

[Benjiii1989]

Same question here : why is férfi not in the plural form ?

[vvsey]

That's the Hungarian way, the noun stays singular.

[Aleksandar835942]

you gotta say more, man, 'cos it messed with my head :) I thougth that it should be "Huszonöt ferfiak" , but now I'm puzzled, why does it stay singular and when?

[jzsuzsi]

Every time you have a number, the noun stays singular.

Egy férfi, két férfi, három férfi ... huszonöt férfi

also with sok and kevés

egy kutya - a dog /one dog

öt kutya - five dogs

sok kutya - a lot of dogs

kevés kutya - few dogs

[ACHale1114]

Why ül and not ülnek

[celerywitch]

When you quantify an object it becomes singular.
It's like saying in english: "I have three car". Or, because you are learning spanish: "Tengo tres rojo coche aparcado" (all singular, because you said "Three")

[Iva52893]

The same TECHNICAL MALFUNCTION again, with the same situation as in the previous exercise. I completed the word correctly, and when I pressed CHECK, the word went pale and I got wrong answer response. This should really be fixed. It always happens with the sentences where a word needs to be filled in. It makes people lose the whole exercise. This is a serious fault, so please do something about it.