"A monkey is climbing there!"

Translation: Ott mászik egy majom!

[Tielbert]

I wrote Egy majom mászik oda. Why is it wrong?

[JohnWeber786406]

I just did the same thing and got burned.

[jzsuzsi]

Why don't you use the report button? (Instead of "reporting" in the sentence discussions)

[SedatKlc]

i think this should be 'oda mászik egy majom'. because it is moving TO there

[mizinamo]

The English is ambiguous.

You might be pointing at a mountain and saying, "Look, a monkey is climbing there!". Then "there" specifies a location (the mountain) and not a destination. The monkey is "there" all the time, not only when it has finished climbing, but also during the climbing.

[SedatKlc]

yes because in english there is only one word for oda and ott. but when we think that for example it is climbing to top of the hill i mean its destination is to there, we should use oda

[mizinamo]

Yes; both should be accepted since you can't tell the desired meaning from the English sentence.

[SedatKlc]

yes exactly. turkish is better to translate hungarian :)

[vvsey]

I am voting for a Turkish-Hungarian course! It would be so much fun!

[mizinamo]

oraya/orada :)

[Hulk014]

Sure.

Another possibility where we translate to " oda":

The money is coming to you. - A majom odamegy hozzád.

[SedatKlc]

your turkish is good, well done :)

[JohnWeber786406]

Yep - I got burned with Egy majom mászik oda!

[Alex94823]

What does "mászik" mean? I've seen it as "crawl", as well as "climb", two kind of different verbs. Is it used to describe both actions?

[JohnWeber786406]

Yes, it can be used for either to climb or to crawl. We have to pay attention to who or what does the climbing and crawling. :)