"Az alma leesik a fáról."

Translation: The apple falls down from the tree.

[Patricia460976]

Do we need to say "down"? It's not going to fall up.

[Judit294350]

No - down is NOT needed

[Arcaeca]

And then Newton had this great idea...

[dqJacO]

I guess you are saving "az alma nem esik messze a fájától" for a future lesson.

[weitzhandler]

Why not falls off the tree?

[Patricia460976]

Perhaps there is a different Hungarian pre or postposition for "off" specifically

[Judit294350]

No - my dictionary gives "falls down" or "falls off" for leeszik

[TivadarTor]

Newton almája!

[Mike943391]

Any tips when esik requires fel as well? or are felesik and esik synonyms?

[DnesGyrgy]

In Hungarian the use of "leesik" is quite common, but I agree, we do not use "felesik". However, we use the verb "esik" in a number of different meanings: "beesik", "kiesik", "megesik", "elesik", "átesik", "ráesik", "szétesik", "összeesik", "visszaesik", etc.