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The English version doesn't fit the Hungarian one, be cause - either the Hungarian should use the imperative - or the English should use the "shall"
This English is incorrect (people do not sit "to" tables), and it's not clear what the "there" means. Does this sentence maybe mean "Girls, do we sit at that spot at the table?" Or what?
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Maybe it becomes a bit clearer with a little rearrangement of the words: "Girls, do [shall] we sit down at the table over there?"
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It would almost be good, but the speaker says odaülünk, so she includes herself: "Girls, could we...?"
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"Sit" doesn't go well with "to" in English. If you "ül az asztalhoz" in Hungarian, you usually "sit down at the table" in English.
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That would be a quirky sentence in English, because how can "we" be sitting "there"? "There" is, by definition, a place where the speaker currently isn't.
The Hungarian sentence would usually be interpreted as a suggestion, which you would translate with "Shall we...?" in English.
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how can "we" be sitting "there"? "There" is, by definition, a place where the speaker currently isn't.
We are standing just inside the door, confused, and I say "do we sit over there?". Acceptable.
