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

(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.