nem látja a fától az erdőt

Hungarian

Etymology

nem (“can't”) +‎ lát (“to see”) +‎ -ja (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fa (“tree”) +‎ -tól (“from”, case suffix) +‎ az (“the”) +‎ erdő (“forest”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “can't see the forest from the tree”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈnɛmlaːcːɒ ɒ ˈfaːtoːl ɒz ˈɛrdøːt]

Verb

nem látja a fától az erdőt

1. (idiomatic) can't see the forest for the trees, can't see the wood for the trees

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite conjugation of lát.
• The rest of the idiom remains unchanged.