"Az állatkertben sok állat van: oroszlánok, medvék, farkasok."
Translation:There are many animals in the zoo: lions, bears and wolves.
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------- where is the "and " you're writing about, robert ? . . .
Big 18 feb 19
It's in the English translation: "There are many animals in the zoo: lions, bears and wolves." Look up top.
To translate this into colloquial English it would need to be, "There are many animals at the zoo: lions, bears, and wolves." We rarely say "in the zoo". (and of course I understand the difference between -nél and -ben in Hungarian.)
-------- fwiw, i would most certainly say, "in the zoo " . . .
Big 18 feb 19
Is "Many animals are in the new zoo: lions, bears, wolves." also correct? (It was rejected.) I will report if my translation is also OK.
No idea why I said that! That's probably why my translation was rejected. :)
I understand this translation to English. But, a previous question asking for a translation of this same wording from English to Hungarian uses the singular after "sok", even in the sub clause "lions, bears, wolves". The translation for this question (Hungarian to English) seems correct to me, the previous question (English to Hungarian) does not. Does anyone else have this problem too?
-------- maybe the influence of "sok ", or any mention of number (few, several, sixteen etc. ), automatically requires the singular thereafter - but it ends at the colon ? . . .
Big 18 feb 19