"He swims like fish in the water."
Translation:Úszik mint hal a vízben.
August 8, 2016
6 Comments
Okay, now I'm confused... when do you use and when do you not use olyan? Does olyan get omitted where "like" functions as an adverb?
August 31, 2016
You've probably figured this out already, but still.
Olyan & ilyen work as adjectives, while úgy & így work as adverbs. Here "like a fish" describes the way he swims, so it has an adverbial meaning, there you can use így, but not olyan. Therefore another possible translation is:
Úgy úszik, mint hal a vízben.
December 29, 2016
Should there be a comma between "Úszik" and the rest of the sentence? Because I feel like the construction comes from "Úgy úszik, mint ..."
April 2, 2018
