"A csinos óvónők épületről épületre repülnek."
Translation:The pretty kindergarten teachers fly from building to building.
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I like that "épületről épületre" means "from building to building." It's a very literal translation, but apparently both languages have the same expression.
If I've learned anything in the past 5 months since I posted the above, there's a bit more to the original expression "épületről épületre." In English, we'd just say "from building to building," but that doesn't tell you anything about the relationship between the people and the buildings. From the English translation, it could be saying that they're going into a building to look for something, not finding it, coming out of it, and going into the next building. But "épületről épületre" is saying that they went from the top of one building, onto the top of another building, which is a different thing altogether, and doesn't fit the mental image one would get just by saying "from building to building" - when talking about people, anyway.
Lord thank you! I understand the fact that some things are considered surfaces, but I couldn’t understand the use of -re with building in this situation.
------ pe'ter, you're the last one to find this out . . .
Big 13 aug 20
It is. If you report it, they will add it (but maybe not immediately - there's a lot of backlog).
1769
Is there a need for definite article here? Sometimes Duo prefers to drop it (which is correct, imho), but not here :(
------- a definite article ? which definite article ? where would you put it ? . . .
Big 14 apr 19
- 1769
THE .... kindergarten teachers.... - is a definite article I find unnecessary in the English translation
Another inconsistency in not accepting the UK English 'nursery teachers' here.