véka alá rejti a tehetségét
Hungarian
Etymology
véka (“bushel”) + alá (“under”) + rejt (“to hide”) + -i (personal suffix) + a (“the”) + tehetség (“talent”) + -e (possessive suffix) + -t (accusative suffix), literally “to hide one's talent under a bushel”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈveːkɒɒlaː ˈrɛjti ɒ ˈtɛhɛt͡ʃːeːɡeːt]
Verb
- (idiomatic) to hide one's light under a bushel
- Synonym: szerénykedik
- Véka alá rejted a tehetségedet. ― You hide your light under a bushel.
- Véka alá rejtik a tehetségüket. ― They hide their light under a bushel.
Conjugation
- For the verb, see the definite conjugation of rejt.
- The postpositional phrase véka alá remains unchanged.
- The noun tehetség takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: tehetségemet, tehetségedet, tehetségét, tehetségünket, tehetségeteket, tehetségüket.
Derived terms
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