"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?

[deactivated user]

szép means beautiful,
csinos means pretty

different words, different meanings

[Nawiht]

How is the meaning different?

[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!

[MercedesWa51364]

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

[jzsuzsi]

Yes, that is fine.