Elakartad

Elakartad is a form found in the Hungarian language. It represents a past-tense second-person singular construction that combines a prefix, a verb stem, and a past-tense ending to convey a completed intention in the past. The prefix el- can add nuances such as completion, completion of an action, or removal in combination with the verb akar (to want), producing the sense of “you wanted to… (do something) to the end.”

Morphology and spelling: The form is built from el- (a separable prefix), the verb stem ak ar (the infinitive akar), and the past tense ending -tad (which varies as -tál/-tad/-tát depending on vowel harmony and the preceding consonant). In standard orthography, the construction is typically written as two separate words: el akartad. In informal writing or in contexts that visually fuse prefixes with verbs, it may appear as a single word, elakartad, though this single-word form is not the normative spelling in formal Hungarian.

Usage: Elakartad appears mainly in past narrative or reported speech to express that the subject intended to perform a certain action in the past. It is usually followed by an infinitive or a verbal complement, for example: El akartad mondani az igazat (You wanted to tell the truth); El akartad adni a könyvet (You wanted to give away the book).

See also: Hungarian prefix el-, akar, past tense forms, compound verb constructions. Notes: While el akartad is the standard two-word form, elakartad may be encountered in casual or typographical contexts.