befordul
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editbefordul
- (intransitive) to turn (followed by lative suffixes) (to change direction and enter a relatively narrower or closed place)
- befordul a sarkon ― to turn the corner, to walk around the corner
- Befordultunk jobbra, egy mellékutcára. ― We turned right into a side street.
- A kocsi befordult a térre. ― The car entered the square.
- 1843, Sándor Petőfi, Befordúltam a konyhára…:
- Befordúltam a konyhára, / Rágyujtottam a pipára… / Azaz rágyujtottam volna, / Hogyha már nem égett volna.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2004, Andrey Kurkov, translated by Andrea Tompa, A halál és a pingvin [Death and the Penguin], Budapest: Athenaeum 2000 Kiadó, →ISBN, page 7:
- Viktor nekilódult, és sietős léptekkel, ami inkább távgyalogláshoz hasonlított, befordult a sarkon.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (intransitive) to roll over (to turn in bed towards the wall before falling asleep)
- (intransitive) to roll into (followed by -ba/-be) (to fall into something and tip over)
- A kocsi befordult az árokba. ― The car rolled into a ditch.
Conjugation
editconjugation of befordul
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. | befordulok | befordulsz | befordul | befordulunk | befordultok | befordulnak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | befordultam | befordultál | befordult | befordultunk | befordultatok | befordultak | ||
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. be fog fordulni. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | befordulék | befordulál | befordula | befordulánk | befordulátok | befordulának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. befordul vala, befordult vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | befordulandok | befordulandasz | beforduland | befordulandunk | befordulandotok | befordulandanak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | befordulnék | befordulnál | befordulna | befordulnánk | befordulnátok | befordulnának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. befordult volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | beforduljak | befordulj or beforduljál |
beforduljon | beforduljunk | beforduljatok | beforduljanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. befordult légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | befordulni | befordulnom | befordulnod | befordulnia | befordulnunk | befordulnotok | befordulniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
befordulás | beforduló | befordult | ― | befordulva (befordulván) | (befordít or befordultat) | ||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem fordul be or be is fordul. |
potential conjugation of befordul
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. | befordulhatok | befordulhatsz | befordulhat | befordulhatunk | befordulhattok | befordulhatnak | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | befordulhattam | befordulhattál | befordulhatott | befordulhattunk | befordulhattatok | befordulhattak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | befordulhaték | befordulhatál | befordulhata | befordulhatánk | befordulhatátok | befordulhatának | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. befordulhat vala, befordulhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | befordulhatandok or befordulandhatok |
befordulhatandasz or befordulandhatsz |
befordulhatand or befordulandhat |
befordulhatandunk or befordulandhatunk |
befordulhatandotok or befordulandhattok |
befordulhatandanak or befordulandhatnak | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | befordulhatnék | befordulhatnál | befordulhatna | befordulhatnánk | befordulhatnátok | befordulhatnának | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. befordulhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | befordulhassak | befordulhass or befordulhassál |
befordulhasson | befordulhassunk | befordulhassatok | befordulhassanak | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. befordulhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (befordulhatni) | (befordulhatnom) | (befordulhatnod) | (befordulhatnia) | (befordulhatnunk) | (befordulhatnotok) | (befordulhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (befordulhatva / befordulhatván) | ||||
The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem fordulhat be or be is fordulhat. |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- befordul 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
- befordul in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).
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