elmegy
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editelmegy
- (intransitive) to go (to some place)
- Elmegyünk moziba? ― Shall we go to the cinema?
- Imperfective: megy
- (intransitive) to go to/and see someone (used with -hoz/-hez/-höz)
- (intransitive) to leave, to go away, to walk away, to drive away
- Synonym: (formal) távozik
- (intransitive) to be just barely good enough, to be barely okay
- Synonym: (adjective) elfogadható
- (intransitive, informal) to cum, to come (to have an orgasm)
- (intransitive, euphemistic) to pass away, to die
Conjugation
editconjugation of elmegy
| 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. | elmegyek | elmész | elmegy | elmegyünk | elmentek | elmennek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elmentem | elmentél | elment | elmentünk | elmentetek | elmentek | ||
| 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. el fog menni. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elmenék | elmenél | elmene | elmenénk | elmenétek | elmenének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. elmegy vala, elment vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elmenendek | elmenendesz | elmenend | elmenendünk | elmenendetek | elmenendenek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elmennék | elmennél | elmenne | elmennénk | elmennétek | elmennének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elment volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elmenjek | elmenj or elmenjél |
elmenjen | elmenjünk | elmenjetek | elmenjenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elment légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | elmenni | elmennem | elmenned | elmennie | elmennünk | elmennetek | elmenniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| elmenés | elmenő | elment | elmenendő | elmenve (elmenvén) | elmeneszt (or elküld) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem megy el or el is megy. | |||||||||
potential conjugation of elmegy
| 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. | elmehetek | elmehetsz | elmehet | elmehetünk | elmehettek | elmehetnek | |
| Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indef. | elmehettem | elmehettél | elmehetett | elmehettünk | elmehettetek | elmehettek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | elmeheték | elmehetél | elmehete | elmeheténk | elmehetétek | elmehetének | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. elmehet vala, elmehetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | elmehetendek or elmenendhetek |
elmehetendesz or elmenendhetsz |
elmehetend or elmenendhet |
elmehetendünk or elmenendhetünk |
elmehetendetek or elmenendhettek |
elmehetendenek or elmenendhetnek | ||
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | elmehetnék | elmehetnél | elmehetne | elmehetnénk | elmehetnétek | elmehetnének | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. elmehetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | elmehessek | elmehess or elmehessél |
elmehessen | elmehessünk | elmehessetek | elmehessenek | |
| Def. | ― | ||||||||
| 2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. elmehetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (elmehetni) | (elmehetnem) | (elmehetned) | (elmehetnie) | (elmehetnünk) | (elmehetnetek) | (elmehetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (elmehetve / elmehetvén) | ||||
| The prefix can split from the verb stem, e.g. nem mehet el or el is mehet. | |||||||||
Further reading
edit- elmegy 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
- elmegy in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).