"A térképen annyi folyó van, ahány hegy."

Translation: On the map there are as many rivers as there are mountains.

[Hunniel]

Yes, because "there is" expresses existance. So in Hungarian "there is" = van

[Krisbaudi]

Is THERE needed in this sentence? I was marked wrong with:
On the map are as many rivers, as mountains.

[DagmarHoratio]

Huh...as a native speaker I feel like while it's antiquated, it's basically fine to leave out the "there," (Although the comma is definitely wrong.)

If I were making the call I'd probably accept "On the map are as many rivers as mountains." if you're willing to say it while dressed in Wise Old Mentor robes in between other cryptic advice.

[Krisbaudi]

:-)) thank you!

[Bina.the.amazing]

I was marked correct so they must have updated it

[HaukurJonasson]

"There are as many rivers and mountains on the map" was not accepted, reported.

[GregWood15]

I'm afraid that that is not good English. "There are as many ..." but you have not provided a subsequent "as" to complete the comparison.

[HaukurJonasson]

Hmm. Fair enough, it's my second language.

[GregWood15]

You have my admiration! I'm struggling to make Hungarian my second language.

[HaukurJonasson]

You didn't pick the easiest one! It's technically my fifth (although my Danish and French aren't particularly good), I wanted a challenge this time.

[ain15412]

Why should it be a must to arrange the English sentence exactly as the Hungarian one? I don't think that starting the sentence with "there are... on the map" shall be considered a mistake.

[GregWood15]

What was your full sentence? Often I'm pinged for a typo that I haven't noticed.

[ain15412]

It was "There are as many rivers on the map as there are mountains"

[GregWood15]

Sounds good. Try flagging it as "My answer should have been accepted". It is hard for the programmers to anticipate every possible way that someone might translate something, so if you want to save yourself some heartache, try your best to anticipate what they might come up with :)