írtam

írtam is the first-person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb írni, meaning to write. It indicates that the speaker completed the act of writing in the past. The form is created from the past tense stem írt- (the infinitive írni loses the -ni) plus the personal ending -am. The full simple past conjugation for this verb is írtam, írtál, írt, írtunk, írtatok, írtak.

In use, írtam serves as a standard past-tense marker for the first person. It can take a direct object, as in írtam egy levelet (I wrote a letter), or appear with other phrases such as írtam le a gondolataimat (I wrote down my thoughts). The meaning is that the writing action happened and was completed at a point in the past.

Phonology and orthography are straightforward: the word begins with í, a long closed front vowel, followed by rt, then the suffix -am. The accent on í remains in all related forms: írtam, írtál, írt, írtunk, írtatok, írtak.

See also: írni, írás, író.