"في الْخَلْفِيّة أُمّي وَأَبي."

Translation: There is my mother and my father in the background.

[nadavavra]

Why "is" and not "are"?
(there are my mother and my father in the background)

[EvemarieMo]

To the best of my understanding, the verb here should be a plural "are"; so I was confused when you offered me only "is" for a choice. "There are my mother and my father". Maybe my English is too nitpicking, too literal for you?

[PdV16]

Also: in the background is my mother and my father. What's wrong there?

[Graxx]

This is now also accepted - I just entered that exact translation.

[JamesTWils]

Well, it should be "are."

[gregg732286]

Is the syntax so important that this sentence cannot be correctly translated “There in the background is my mother and my father”?

[VasiliySha5]

This is what I entered, sounds correctly translated to me... Just needs a comma: "There, in the background, is my mother and my father." A bit poetic, but feels correct to me.

[SabineGermany]

I think that في is "in the..." , and هناك is "there is..." ,
please help !!!

and I am wondering about the same as gregg and the others ...

why is "There in the background is my mother and my fahter" wrong ? ... and could it be "In the background is my mother and my father",

because of "there is my mother and my father in the background" would I translate into

"هناك امي و ابي في الخلفية" is that totaly wrong ??

[Djibril487949]

The default English translation of this sentence is really awful. Reverse the clauses (accepted in Ar—>En exercise) and it sounds much better. You can't teach a language using poor grammar, even in another language...

[MikaalWaha]

My father and mother are in the background is acceptable also. Please correct it

[Bonjour689181]

I have the same question asked by Gregg732286. Please someone help...

[LynnBunker]

"In the background are my father and mother" is correct English. "Is" in not correct even if "there" begins the sentence.