Topic: Hungarian

"A zsiráf mögött negyven oroszlán fut!"

Translation:Forty lions are running behind the giraffe!

September 8, 2016

7 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Uwak.ekanem

    If Madagascar was a horror story

    July 23, 2017
    [deactivated user]

      That zsiráf is about to become an ex-zsiráf!

      June 15, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/profile/O_Matty

        What part of this sentence denotes that it is the lions running behind the giraffe and not the other way around?

        October 6, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/mizinamo
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        mögött is a postposition and stands right after the noun phrase which it modifies (here: a zsiráf).

        So a zsiráf mögött = "behind the giraffe".

        October 6, 2016
        https://www.duolingo.com/profile/O_Matty

          Brilliant - thanks.

          October 6, 2016
          https://www.duolingo.com/profile/carolgoslen

            I know that the noun is not in the plural form if it is proceeded by a quantity. So does that mean that the verb is conjugated to the noun in the singular form?

            September 8, 2016
            https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jsiehler

              Yes, right! So this sentence correctly has fut in it, and not futnak.

              September 8, 2016
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