"Does this train go to these cities?"
Translation:Ez a vonat megy ezekbe a városokba?
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Shouldn't this be "ezekhez" instead of "ezekbe" because it is saying "to these cities" and not "into these cities?"
If I ask "Does this train go to Budapest?", I expect the train to end up inside the city, not outside the built-up area somewhere.
I think we can't just translate words the same in all contexts but also have to look at the convention meaning - and here, trains going to cities in English implies into them and not next to them.
Yes that's what I mean, so that's why I am asking why we cannot use the word "ezekhez" in this sentence. Or do you think that either word would work in this context?
-hez specifically means "to a location that is next to (-nél/nál)".
But the train does not move "to a location that is next to Budapest".
I'm not sure I understand your question or why you think that -hez could possibly be appropriate for a train that goes "to a city".
Oh, sorry, then I think I misunderstood the true meaning of -hez. I thought -hez just meant "to something." I was translating the words and not the true meaning of going to a city, which actually means you're going into a city and that's why you use -be. Sorry for the confusion!
Yes I just now understand what the difference between hez and be are. Thank you to mizinamo. Alos, I never thought about the fact that when we say "to the city" we actually "into the city."
-------- yeah but some trains don't go into a city. some pass by just outside. shouldn't the english be: does this train go INto these cities ? and why isn't the hungarian : ez a vonat megy BE ezekbe a va'rosokba ?
