"Many people are waiting by the bus, by the train, and by the tram, too."
Translation:A busznál, a vonatnál és a villamosnál is sok ember vár.
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I'm getting better with word order, but still am sometimes uncertain. Is "sok ember a busznál, a vonatnál, és a villamosnál is vár" permissible here?
The problem with your sentence is that it seems that the same group of people are waiting at all three locations. Grammatically correct but logically it is not.
Logically can be correct: you are talking about the agglomeration to city travel. The different platforms are not in sync. The vehicles are not coming immediately.
No, that sounds a bit awkward. This would be okay: "Sok ember vár a busznál, a vonatnál és a villamosnál is."
And "Sok ember vár a busznál, a vonatnál, és a villamosnál is." is now accepted :)
Slight variation to this. How about this one? "Sok ember vár a busznál, a vonatál és IS a villamosnál."
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Granted, it's a pretty awkward sentence in English. The implication is that the tram is an afterthought. (We wouldn't use "too" if they were all equal.) So I tried to write the tram as an afterthought. A busznal es a vonatnal sok ember var a villamosnal is. Where, specifically, did I go wrong? (If they were meant to be equal, I shouldn't have split up the locations with the subject/verb, for instance.)
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I cannot grasp the meaning of the sentences. :-( Does it mean, that many people are waiting next to a special bus, a special train and a special tram too? Or are they waiting at the stations? (which would be more logic)
Yes. Sok ember vár, de az emberek várnak. Not easy, I have to admit.
