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"There are many tall houses around this square."
Translation:E körül a tér körül sok magas ház áll.
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Is the E tér option a mistake? I'm not sure if I'm missing some sort of thing here
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There ARE many tall houses around this square. E körül a tér körül sok magas ház VAN.
It is not possible to know, that Duo wants us to write áll, when the English sentence says ARE. If áll is more natural in Hungarian, it is no problem, to let the buildings STAND around the square in English as well.
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It seems that sometimes one can omitt the first körül, fölött, mögött. I would like to know when.
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I am not sure what you mean exactly (as I haven't completed most of this Hungarian course), but I am guessing you refer to this pattern maybe?
A tér körül sok magas ház áll. - there are many tall houses around the square
E körül a tér körül sok magas ház áll. - there are many tall houses around this square
A körül a tér körül sok magas ház. - there are many tall houses around that square
So basically you double körül etc. when you would use "this sg" or "that sg" in English.
Hope this helped. :)
"Áll" is commonly used in general statements with subjects that could be described as standing.
"Ott áll egy fa" - "There stands (is) a tree"
"A házam ebben az utcában áll" - My house stands (is) in this street"
Etc.
It's a form of ez "this" used before a postposition that starts with a consonant.
ez a tér = this square
e körül a tér körül = around this square
If the postposition started with a vowel, the ez would stay ez, e.g. ez alatt a tér alatt "underneath this square".
Does this apply with "az" also?
Yes, exactly.
az a tér = that square
a körül a tér körül = around that square
az alatt a tér alatt = underneath that square.
The issue with the second 'körül' missing in the structure is still unexplained. Meanwhile it contradicts what was taught before in this course.
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The translation given above is not the same as the solution given in the exercise, which reads: "E tér körül sok magas ház áll." Are both right or does the exercise need to be corrected?
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Grammatically correct. "There are many tall houses around this square (but not around that square)."
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It's very challenging even for natives, most people don't use this correctly anyways. :) 'Ekörül' actually means "around that time", "about that topic", and does not refer to spatial orientation, unlike "e körül". But I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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Szórakozzatok a nénikétekkel, ha három választási lehetőség között harmadikként ez szerepel "E tér körül sok magas ház áll." a másik két mondat értelmetlen , akkor ne utasítsátok el azzal, hogy Correct solution: "E tér körül sok magas ház áll." ami ugye egy az egyben ugyanaz. Hozzáteszem hogy a magyarul jobban hangzó fenti válasz nem szerepel a. három választási lehetőség között. Mindezt leírtam volna a bejelentéseknél is , de ott erre nincs lehetőség.
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the square - a tér (The square is big. - A tér nagy.)
this square - ez a tér (This square is big. - Ez a tér nagy.)
around the square - a tér körül
around this square - e körül a tér körül
'E korul a ter korul all sok magas haz' not accepted. Can someone tell me why? Thanks
