"We are not swimming in the river, but in the sea."

Translation: Mi nem a folyóban úszunk, hanem a tengerben.

[Daniel640094]

No good: "Nem úszunk a folyóban, hanem a tengerben."?

[vvsey]

No good indeed. It has to be "Not A but B". Your A is "swimming", your B is "in the sea".

[Kathrynboo10]

Thats what i put so how is it not correct

[AnarBatzor]

"Mi nem úszunk a folyóban hanem a tengerben" is not accepted.

Is the focus "uszunk" in the sentence i wrote? Does it make contextual difference?

Thanks

[Skogstrollen]

Your sentence would mean something like "It is not swimming that I do in the river, but in the sea." Which sounds just as off in English. The negation needs to be on "a folyóban", not "on úszunk".

[Filou75014]

please explain the order of the words