"Ezek a fiatal diákok egyetemre sietnek."

Translation: These young students are hurrying to university.

[ZsofinSheehy]

Would sound more natural if it was "to the university"

[vvsey]

But this is not necessarily one specific university. It could be every student going to their own separate one. Maybe it would be more natural with "to college". At least in American English.

[dqJacO]

In addition, we actually need an "off" in there for it to sound natural: Hurrying off to college.

[csipke100]

No we don’t

[MacLomain]

Yes, in American English.

[Oldfatdad]

Yup, it's an American thing. The British say things like "to university", "to hospital", "in hospital", etc. We Yanks insert the definite article.

[Patricia460976]

Not all of us. I speak American English and I might use anyone of "they are hurrying to school," "they are hurrying to the university," "they are off to university (school)," along with a number of other variations depending on the many possible circumstances.

[BetsyLowe]

Well, we Americans say things like "to church," "to prison," and "to dinner," so we leave out articles too, just in different phrases.

[DanielleRenaut]

Why egyetemre and not egyetembe or egyetemhez

[ion1122]

Here is the comment I made on this very page two years ago:

Think of it as stepping onto the flat plane of the university campus, rather than as stepping into a building. (A university typically consists of more than one building.)

[-BigWayne19-]

------ in fact, our word, "campus " means Latinul "field " or "countryside ", etc . . .

Big 30 nov 20

[MrrzyV]

I am on the side that says this sounds British. Americans say to school or to college, rather.

[grimsterrr]

Is it always going "onto" university in Hungarian - "egyetemre", not "egyetembe"? It's about going into a building, isn't it?

[ion1122]

Think of it as stepping onto the flat plane of the university campus, rather than as stepping into a building. (A university typically consists of more than one building.)

[Ferenc.]

Egyetem = buildings (campuses, libraries, laboratoris) + teachers (deans, proffessors, directors) + students + knowledge
You cannot go into “egyetem”. Hungarien very rarely use word egyetembe. I can show only one exaple.
2017-ben a Semmelweis Egyetembe olvadt új karként a Pető Intézet.
In 2017 the Pető Institute fusioned into the Semmelweis University as a new faculty.

[SchlachterZoltan]

Mi az hogy "egyetemre sietnek"? Az egyetem épületéhez lehet sietni, de egyetemre sietve menni nem lehet.

[BaloghTams19]

Egyetértek, furcsa a magyar mondat.

[csipke100]

Why does it tell me I got it wrong and then tell me the right answer is the one I gave it

[ion1122]

It's just teasing you, cspike. It really likes you.