Beavatkoztam

Beavatkoztam is the first person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb beavatkozni, meaning to intervene or to interfere in a situation. It denotes that the speaker personally intervened in something in the past. The nuance depends on context, ranging from neutral to pejorative, depending on whether the intervention is viewed as helpful or meddling.

Beavatkozni is formed with the prefix be-, which conveys entering into or involvement with something, together with the verb stem related to intervention and the suffix -zni. The related noun beavatkozás means “intervention” or “interference.” The past tense form beavatkoztam is created by adding the past tense suffix -tam to the verb stem, with phonological adjustment resulting in -ztam after the consonant cluster.

Usage notes: beavatkozni is transitive and typically takes a complement introduced by a case suffix indicating the domain of intervention (for example, beavatkozni a beszélgetésbe, beavatkozni a vitába). In everyday language, beavatkoztam is used when the speaker describes a past action of intervening in someone else’s affairs or in an ongoing process.

Examples:

- Beavatkoztam a vitába, mert félreértették a tényeket. (I intervened in the argument because the facts were being misunderstood.)

- Nem szeretek beavatkozni a magánügyekbe. (I don’t like to interfere in private matters.)