Hungary imagine he faces

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0There was another problem too - the Hungarian currency, the forint, rose in value, making imports cheaper and exports more expensive. So although agricultural exports rose slightly, imports shot up by 24% in the space of a year. 02br02br00Optimism 02br02br00Mr Varga believes Hungarian farmers have not been properly informed about how the changing commercial situation will affect their livelihoods. 02br02br00"If you ask a farmer in another EU country, you will find that he has to cope with problems that are totally different from the problems that we in Hungary imagine he faces," he said. 02br02br00"Something that we have not addressed here in Hungary - which is a subject of discussion in the EU - is how we can protect regional markets.  02br02br02br05000  02br00---------------------------------------------------------- 02br02br00My question is on the following sentence of the above: 02br00"If you ask a farmer in another EU country, you will find that he has to cope with problems that are totally different from the problems that we in Hungary imagine he faces," he said. 02br02br00The last few words of it has no meaning. What is the meaning of .... that ub Hungary imagine he faces ? 02br02br00What it wants to say is that the Hungarian farmers have to face totally different problems than their EU counterparts. 02br00However, those last words I mentioned are meaningless, to the best of my knowledge of English. You might think otherwise. Your thoughts are welcome. 0230hrefhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4506839.stm

Khoff · Accepted Answer

0 My question is on the following sentence of the above: 02br
00"If you ask a farmer in another EU country, you will find that he has to cope with problems that are totally different from the problems that we in Hungary imagine he faces," he said. 02br
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00Andrei - - I don't think the author is saying (in the sentence above) that Hungarian farmers face different problems that their EU counterparts. Rather, the author is saying that the problems faced by the farmers in other EU countries are not the problems that Hungarian farmers would expect the EU farmers to have. They have different problems, that the Hungarians have not even thought about. Does it make more sense now? 0-

Paco2004 · Answer

0 He (a farmer in another country) has to cope with problems that are different from 01u00the problems that we in Hungary imagine he faces02u02br
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00Strictly speaking, this sentence uses a so-called linked relative 'that'. 02br
00This clause can be taken as a mixture of 02br
00 [1] the problems that he faces 02br
00 [2] we in Hungary imagine that he faces the problems 02br
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00If you feel this explanation difficult to get, you can parse the clause the way like; 02br
00 the problems that (we in Hungary imagine) he faces 02br
00 Here 'we in Hungary imagine' is an inserted phrase. 02br
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Andrei · Answer

0 I thank both of you for the replies. The problem is my knowledge of English is not so advanced like yours. 0-

Khoff · Answer

0 Andrei, its not a problem - that's why we're here to help. 0-

CalifJim · Answer

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00he [a non-Hungarian farmer] has to cope with problems that are totally different from the problems that we in Hungary imagine he faces12blockquote

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00A non-Hungarian farmer has to cope with certain problems. 02br
00These problems are totally different from certain other problems. 02br
00We in Hungary imagine that a non-Hungarian farmer faces these other problems. 02br
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00Summarizing: 02br
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00We Hungarians have incorrect beliefs about the problems of non-Hungarian farmers. 02br
00We believe these are a certain set of probems. In fact, they are another set of problems. 02br
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