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Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Uralic *mene-. Cognates include Northern Mansi минуӈкве (minuňkve), Finnish mennä and Estonian minna.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]megy
- (intransitive) to go, travel (whether on foot or by any vehicle)
- Perfective: elmegy
- Hová mész? (informal) ― Where are you going?
- Hyponyms: halad, utazik, közlekedik
- (intransitive) to work, operate, function
- (intransitive, chiefly with így (“in this way”)) to happen, turn out
- (intransitive, informal) to succeed (to turn out successfully)
- Synonym: sikerül
- (intransitive) to fit onto or into something (with -ra/-re or -ba/-be)
- Synonym: fér
- (intransitive, of thorn, splinter, dirt, insects, etc.) to get into (with -ba/-be)
- (intransitive, of programmes, shows, performances) to be on
- (intransitive) to go with, match (with -hoz/-hez/-höz)
- Synonym: illik
- (intransitive, with professions) to become (with -nak/-nek)
- (intransitive, of time) to go by, pass by
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of megy
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | megyek | mész | megy | megyünk | mentek | mennek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | mentem | mentél | ment | mentünk | mentetek | mentek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. menni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | menék | menél | mene | menénk | menétek | menének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. megy vala, ment vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | menendek | menendesz | menend | menendünk | menendetek | menendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | mennék | mennél | menne | mennénk | mennétek | mennének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. ment volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | menjek | menj or menjél |
menjen | menjünk | menjetek | menjenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. ment légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | menni | mennem | menned | mennie | mennünk | mennetek | menniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
menés | menő | ment | menendő | menve (menvén) | meneszt (or küld) | ||||
potential conjugation of megy
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | mehetek | mehetsz | mehet | mehetünk | mehettek | mehetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | mehettem | mehettél | mehetett | mehettünk | mehettetek | mehettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | meheték | mehetél | mehete | meheténk | mehetétek | mehetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. mehet vala, mehetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | mehetendek or menendhetek |
mehetendesz or menendhetsz |
mehetend or menendhet |
mehetendünk or menendhetünk |
mehetendetek or menendhettek |
mehetendenek or menendhetnek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | mehetnék | mehetnél | mehetne | mehetnénk | mehetnétek | mehetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. mehetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | mehessek | mehess or mehessél |
mehessen | mehessünk | mehessetek | mehessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. mehetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (mehetni) | (mehetnem) | (mehetned) | (mehetnie) | (mehetnünk) | (mehetnetek) | (mehetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (mehetve / mehetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Compound words
(With verbal prefixes):
- alámegy
- átmegy
- bemegy
- belemegy
- elmegy
- előremegy
- felmegy
- félremegy
- hátramegy
- hazamegy
- helyremegy
- hozzámegy
- keresztülmegy
- kimegy
- körülmegy
- közémegy
- különmegy
- lemegy
- mellémegy
- nekimegy
- odamegy
- összemegy
- rámegy
- szembemegy
- szétmegy
- telemegy
- továbbmegy
- tönkremegy
- túlmegy
- utánamegy
- végbemegy
- végigmegy
- visszamegy
Expressions
See also
[edit]Similar-sounding but unrelated verbs; cf. obsolete menik
Further reading
[edit]- megy in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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