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| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes  Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 1217 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 5:38pm | IP Logged | |||||
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| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 1218 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 5:43pm | IP Logged | |||||
They were holding on to the side of the overturned boat. I know the word was something like "képe..." something but can't remember the exact form. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 1219 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | |||||
Here is the sentence: "Ez egy kicsit segített, hogy a csónak gyorsabban menjen, ???(de tovább az emberek lassabban fogták)???, mert öten voltak és ketten eveztek (csak Stefan evezett az utazók csónakjában)." I still dont understand. Maybe "they were still behind them" or something like that or "they were still approaching them". "Ez egy kicsit segített, hogy a csónak gyorsabban menjen, de az emberek továbbra is közeledtek hozzájuk, mert öten voltak és ketten eveztek (csak Stefan evezett az utazók csónakjában)." Is this OK? I simply dont understand the use of "catch" here. Obviously the English sentence is too hard for me. If I heard the English verb "catch" in such context, I wouldnt be able to understand it. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 1220 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 5:54pm | IP Logged | |||||
The problem is with "ez". Its not clear what it refers to. "A tartály eltalálta az egyik embert a fején és az ember kiesett a csónakból. Ez Samnak nagyon sikerült, mert az ember súlya miatt, a csónakuk felfordult és mindenki a csónakból beesett a tengerbe." - it is not clear mi sikerült Samnak. Egyszer már mondtad, hogy a tartály eltalálta az embert, ezek után nem világos mi más sikerült még. Valahogy így ez félreérthető és furcsa. I would omit the whole part "Ez Samnak sikerült", its is useless. My version is: "A tartály eltalálta az egyik embert a fején és az ember kiesett a csónakból. Az ember súlya miatt a csónakuk felfordult és mindenki a csónakból beesett a tengerbe." 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 1221 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 5:55pm | IP Logged | |||||
"az emberek a vízben most kapaszkodtak a felborult csónakba" 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 1222 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 5:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
You could say "approaching" but "approaching" suggests that the travellers maybe aren't moving and doesn't suggest a chase in English. The travellers are trying to escape and are being chased by the people. Despite the now slightly faster boat of the travellers, the boat of the people is still getting progressively nearer (catching up), because there are more of them rowing so their boat is faster. Does "közeledik" have this "catching up" meaning too? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| maxval Pentaglot Senior Member Bulgaria maxval.co.nr Joined 5073 days ago 852 posts - 1577 votes Speaks: Hungarian*, Bulgarian, English, Spanish, Russian Studies: Latin, Modern Hebrew | Message 1223 of 1549 08 April 2012 at 6:11pm | IP Logged | |||||
Közeledik is OK. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5349 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian | Message 1224 of 1549 13 April 2012 at 8:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Szia Maxval
Terveztem, hogy ma valamit rnk, mert tudom, hogy holnaptl nem lesz az idm, mert az ccem s a nktestvrem itt jnnek vendegsgbe. Sajnos ma sem tudok rni sokat, mert elg beteg vagyok. Szval, nem akartam, hogy vrj egy j fejezetet ezen a htvgen. Azt hiszem, hogy a legkzelebb lesz kt ht mlva, amikor a rokonaim mr nem lesznek. J htvget kvnok. Hribecek 1 person has voted this message useful |
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