"Az autó van ott, vagy a lány?"

Translation: Is the car there or the girl?

[ericashelton]

Why is "Is that the car over there, or the girl?" wrong?

[Harga]

Different meaning. (Az ott az autó, vagy a lány?)

[richardbeeson]

either way, it is a very poor sentence (at least in English) to use as an example

[Equand]

Why is "is there a car or a girl?" not right? Am I not catching up something here?

[jsiehler]

First, it needs to be "the car" and "the girl" (definite article, not indefinite).

Second, the word "there" in this sentence is describing location. If you say "Is there a car?" you're basically asking, "Does a car exist?" You need to phrase it as, "Is the car there?" in order to make it clear that you're asking about a certain location.

[LAcsYPapa]

I am a hungarian, and this sentence hurts me...