"The seventy-sixth man swims in the narrow, shallow river too."

Translation: A hetvenhatodik férfi is a keskeny, sekély folyóban úszik.

[cymbidy]

Could this: "a hetvenhatodik ferfi a keskeny sekely folyoban is uszik" also be correct? What is the rule for where the "is" has to go?

[96314081311257]

The is goes after the part that is also'd. It might be difficult for English speakers because English uses also & too ambiguously. The translation I see ("a férfi is") means that there are several people swimming, one of them is the seventy-sixth man. Yours means that the man swims in several things, such as the narrow, shallow river.

[cymbidy]

I see -- thanks!

[JohnWeber786406]

What if it is the end of the sentence?

[jzsuzsi]

"is" at the end of the sentence: It depends on what is the rest of the sentence.

"A keskeny, sekély folyóban úszik a hetvenhatodik férfi is." is fine

A hetvenhatodik férfi a keskeny, sekély folyóban úszik is. well... this would mean he swims too, and does something else too

[Patricia460976]

Why isn't "a" "abban"?

[sloyp]

As far as I understand, "abban" is the declined form of "az" when it means "that" (as opposed to "ez"= "this"). Here instead it means just "the" (as opposed to "egy"="a, an") so it is not modified. Wait for a native speaker to confirm this, though :)