"The boy sleeps there, from where the pretty girl runs away."

Translation: Ott alszik a fiú, ahonnan elfut a csinos lány.

[Blodwedden]

And why I cannot say szép instead of csinos?

[MercedesWa51364]

Is it possible to say: "Ott alszik a fiú, ahonnan a csinos lány elfut"?

[jzsuzsi]

Yes, that is fine.

[JohnWeber786406]

Why is the preverb attached?
burned Ott alszik a fiú, ahonnan fut el a csinos lány.
Ott alszik a fiú, ahonnan a csinos lány fut el. ?????

[balpers]

This got marked wrong: "Ott a fiú alszik, ahonnan a csinos lány elfut." Should that be an acceptable answer? Or does the verb in the first clause have to follow "Ott"?

[JohnWeber786406]

The verb follows "ott". It's the stationary "there" so it would need a verb.

[GlenOakley1]

What does it mean that the boy is sleeping "from" a place? Wouldn't "ahol" be used here since sleeping is stationary?

[arne.kaldhusdal]

The boy is sleeping "ott" -- not moving. "ahonnan" refers to the referenced position of the girl, and she is moving (from there to somewhere else). In other words: the boy is sleeping where the girl was before.

[DagmarHoratio]

Oh my god thank you this lesson was making me feel like a crazy person. Like I can at least imagine how you eat "from" a place (from a bowl, or from a taco truck) but okay, that actually paints a picture.

Probably the better English translation would be "The boy is sleeping there, at the place the pretty girl is running away from." Still clunky but at least communicates the idea.

[ion1122]

DL's clunky English communicates the same idea!

[deactivated user]

Did he do something that made her want to run away? Then just fell asleep; the cad!

[Heldhram]

I was under the impression that the verb would have to be placed after the 2nd subject which is "a csinos lány" so that it had to be "Ott alszik a fiú, ahonnan a csinos lány elfut."

But apparently "elfut" could also be placed right after "ahonnan"... is there any difference in meaning between placing "elfut" after "ahonnan" and after "a csinos lány"?

Thanks!