"The soldiers and the tourists hurry down from the tall grass."

Translation: A katonák és a turisták lesietnek a magas fűről.

[DoktorVirag]

I'm still having a real hard time getting the word order right. I'll get everything else correct but just have the verb in the wrong place. So if I say "A katonák és a turisták a magas fűről lesietnek" then my mistake is putting too much emphasis on "from the tall grass"? Is that a correct understanding?

[vvsey]

Yes, you understand that correctly, but it is not necessarily wrong, just unusual. Off the tall grass, they hurry. Something like that.

[DoktorVirag]

Thank you, I always appreciate your insights.

[vvsey]

Always a pleasure.

[ExDuoUser]

As another native speaker on this thread, I would argue that the word order in "A katonák és a turisták a magas fűről lesietnek" is just as correct as the solution given by the system, therefore it should be accepted. If there is a rule in the Duo grammatical explanations that would justify rejecting it, I would be very interested to know what that rule is.

[fmk64]

Accepted now, thanks. The original sentence has been changed to 'off the grass', albeit 'down from' is still accepted as an alternative translation.

[ExDuoUser]

Thank you so much for your very kind feedback :)