"A nagy buszok elöl, a kicsi autók pedig hátul haladnak."

Translation: The big buses are moving in the front, and the small cars are moving in the back.

[Daniel640094]

No good, "The big buses move in front while the small cars move in back" ?

[clairelanc3]

Why do you have to repeat the verb "move" in English?

[Chris265302]

"The small cars are moving AT the back" should be accepted: IN back tends to be strictly North America. UK, Ireland etc would use AT THE back. Thanks.

[TonyWare1]

I used little cars. Duo didnt like it. I reported it. Little and small are synonymous

[GerSzej]

does haladnak apply for both the buses and the cars? or is haladnak missing in the first part of the sentence?

[jsiehler]

The verb applies to both. There is no need to include it twice.

[vvsey]

And you could also put the verb in the first part and omit it in the second part. Omitting a repeating word is very common in Hungarian. Example:

"I go home and you go to the bank." - "Én haza megyek, te pedig a bankba (mész)." Not even the same person, just the same verb. It is omittable.

[brad67391]

You can do the same thing in English, while probably not as frequently as in Hungarian (remove the repeated verb) -- but the problem here is that English speakers don't use "move" in this way. Depending on the context, you'd say: The big buses are in the front, and the small cars are in the back.

[vvsey]

Yes, moving sounds a bit strange to me, too. It seems to me that traffic is what's moving in English, not individual vehicles. And the verb "halad" does not have a clear translation, either. It is a combination of moving, proceeding, being in motion and making progress. You can also use "menni" (to go) as a synonym.
"A nagy buszok elöl mennek, a kicsi autók pedig hátul."
But "haladnak" has a pronounced sense of an action currently in progress. It is progressive by nature.

[clairelanc3]

And in English?

[RuT3oTh3]

I have 2 issues with this translation: using "moving" twice and "in the back". Poor English. One can say "stab in the back", but not "move in the back". Like I said many times, it's time for a refresher course.

[Nigel.Hu]

Personally I prefer "at the front" and "at the back", or is this a different meaning

[vvsey]

That sounds good, too. I guess the exact translation can depend on the situation.

[crquack1]

Why, if the buses move in front, the cars have to be moving in the back? Why present simple is OK in one part of the sentence and not in the other?

[Shamarth]

Just an inconsistency that should be reported.