Maradtam

Maradtam is the first-person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb marad, meaning to stay or to remain. It is used to indicate that the speaker stayed somewhere or remained in a state at a point in the past.

In Hungarian, marad + tam forms the past tense for the first person singular, with phonetic assimilation producing maradtam. The full conjugation in the past tense is: Én maradtam, te maradtál, ő maradt, mi maradtunk, ti maradtatok, ők maradtak. This form is typically used in declarative statements about past events or actions, and it can pair with spatial phrases (where one stayed) or with descriptions of remaining in a condition or situation.

Common usage and nuances: maradtam is used for concrete staying in a location, such as a house or event, as well as for remaining in a situation or state after others have moved on. Examples include: "A buliban maradtam, mert fáradt voltam" (I stayed at the party because I was tired) and "Otthon maradtam a hétvégére" (I stayed home for the weekend). The form is appropriate in narrative and everyday speech and is often contrasted with present tense forms like maradok or future forms to discuss different time frames.

Related forms include the infinitive maradni (to stay), the present tense maradok (I stay), and the noun maradás (staying, remainder). Maradtam is part of a broader pattern of Hungarian verb conjugation for expressing past actions in the first person singular.