nem látja a fától az erdőt

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Verb edit

nem látja a fától az erdőt

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

Conjugation edit

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