Bizonyítottatok

Bizonyítottatok is a finite verb form in Hungarian. It is the second-person plural past tense of the verb bizonyít, meaning to prove or demonstrate. The form indicates that the group addressed by you (ti) performed the act of proving in the past.

Morphology and form: the form is built from the stem bizonyít- with the past tense marker -ott and the second-person plural suffix -atok, following standard vowel harmony. A segmentation would be roughly bizonyít-ott-atok. This construction signals a completed action by the you-all subject in past narrative or dialogue.

Usage and nuance: bizonyítottatok is used when speaking to multiple people in an informal or everyday context. In formal writing or when addressing multiple people politely (using Önök), the corresponding past tense form is not bizonyítottatok but rather a third-person plural construction, for example Önök bizonyítottak (you, plural, proved). Thus, the choice of form reflects the level of formality and the grammatical person being addressed.

Examples:

- Ti bizonyítottatok sok mindent a kísérlet során. (You all proved a lot during the experiment.)

- Ti bizonyítottatok az állításaitok helyességét. (You all proved the correctness of your statements.)

Etymology: the verb bizonyít is related to the noun bizonyítás (proof, demonstration) and to the root bizony- associated with certainty. The sense of making something certain or establishing it as true underpins the meaning of to prove.