Figyelhetnek

Figyelhetnek is a Hungarian verb form derived from figyelni, meaning to pay attention or to watch. It is the third-person plural form in the potential (modal) mood, expressing that “they may pay attention” or “they could pay attention.” The potential mood in Hungarian is formed by attaching the suffix -hat/-het to the verb stem, with standard personal endings. For the third-person plural, this yields figyelhetnek.

In use, figyelhetnek conveys possibility, probability, or permission rather than a factual assertion. It tends to appear in more formal or careful writing; in everyday speech speakers often rephrase with constructions such as lehet, hogy figyelnek (it may be that they pay attention) or use other modal expressions.

Examples:

- A résztvevők figyelhetnek a biztonsági utasításokra. (The participants may pay attention to the safety instructions.)

- A kutatók figyelhetnek a megadott eljárásokra a kísérlet során. (The researchers may pay attention to the specified procedures during the experiment.)

Related forms include the other persons and numbers of the same mood: figyelhetek (first person singular), figyelhetsz (second person singular), figyelhet (third person singular), figyelhetünk (first person plural), figyelhetetek (second person plural), and figyelhetnek (third person plural). The base verb is figyelni, from which figyel.