"The worker has an old faulty radio."

Translation: A munkásnak van egy régi rossz rádiója.

[Patricia460976]

Similarly, how do I know if "van" comes before or after the object?

[GregWood15]

From my understanding, it can be before or after. After would put focus on what is owned rather than who is owning it.

[BariskaElise]

when is it necessary to include "egy"?
I wrote "a munkásnak van régi rossz rádiója", without "egy"

[GregWood15]

It's generally optional but does emphasise the singleness of the object. If you were to ask someone whether they had a pen, you would probably not use "egy", since you wouldn't expect them to reply in the negative, if they had two.

[SedatKlc]

i think 'a munkásnak egy régi rossz rádiója van' should also be accepted

[dun867176]

why is "A munkásnak egy régi rossz rádiója van." not accepted, when in another exercise "Jánosnak öt gyűrűje van." with the "van" at the end is?

[jzsuzsi]

Are you sure? As I see, "A munkásnak egy régi rossz rádiója van" is accepted here.

[dun867176]

Thank you, maybe I had another spelling mistake. Though I thought, I had a thorough look before posting my question.