"Merre mennek azok az autók?"

Translation: Where are those cars going to?

[Bastette54]

What would be the difference between "merre" and "hova" in this sentence?

[RyagonIV]

Merre specifically asks for a direction (eg. nyugatra - to the west), while hova refers to a place (eg. strandra - to the beach).

[BetsyLowe]

I was taught by my friend Zsolti that "merre" meant "which way". We were walking from the train station in Pécs to my hotel, and I was trying to work on "right", "left", "straight", etc.

[MitjaSterman]

Which or what direction? Isn't both ok?

[RyagonIV]

Either is okay, please keep reporting those. :)

[ljikontic]

And why do your administrator changes the correct answer.I do not understand Thank you in advance

[RyagonIV]

The gods work in mysterious ways. :)

[TzuLau]

Hahahhah!!!!

[clairelanc3]

Wouldn't it be then "hova mennek azok az autók"?

[RyagonIV]

That is possible, too. English doesn't have a specific word for "in which direction", so it mostly uses "where" to cover that meaning as well.

[Richard604037]

My answer was accepted, (In which direction are those cars going?) but the model answer seems strange. Hova mennek azok az autók? I would translate as where are those cars going to? Isn't merre mennek a question aimed at direction rather than destination? I see that this came up 2 years ago and RyagonIV gave the answer I would have expected but the model answer still conflates destination and direction.