Folytassanak

Folytassanak is a Hungarian verb form derived from folytatni (to continue). It is the third-person plural present subjunctive (kötőmód) of folytatni. This mood is used to express wishes, recommendations, or hypothetical actions. In practice, folytassanak appears in subordinate clauses after verbs of desire or in formal contexts to indicate that a group should continue an action. The form is most common in written Hungarian, particularly in legal, administrative, and journalistic language.

Morphology and formation: Folytassanak is formed by attaching the subjunctive ending -assanak to the stem folytat-, with standard phonetic assimilation. The result is a present-subjunctive form that communicates a directive or hypothetical continuation performed by multiple subjects.

Usage and registers: The form is typical of formal or official language. It often appears after conjunctions like hogy (that) in clauses that express a request, recommendation, or obligation for continued action. In everyday speech, more common moods would be used (such as indicative forms or other imperative constructions), but folytassanak appears in official statements, procedural texts, and news reports when indicating what should happen next.

Examples:

- A vezető azt kérte, hogy folytassanak a tárgyalásokkal. (The leader asked that they continue the negotiations.)

- A jelentés szerint folytassanak a vizsgálatokat. (According to the report, they should continue the investigations.)

Related forms include folytatom (I continue, indicative) and folytassák (a polite or formal present subjunctive/instrumental variant in different persons). Folytassanak thus functions as a specialized, formal third-person plural present subjunctive form of folytatni.