Megkeresni

Megkeresni is a Hungarian verb meaning to reach out to someone, i.e., to contact or to locate a person or organization. The prefix meg- combined with the root keres (to search) marks the verb as perfective, indicating a completed action. In usage, megkeresni often conveys both the act of getting in touch and the act of locating or finding someone.

Usage and contexts: Megkeresni is transitive and used with a person or an organization as the direct object, for example, megkeresni valakit (to contact someone) or megkeresni egy céget/ügyfelet (to reach out to a company/client). It can also mean to locate someone physically or to locate information about them. In formal or business Hungarian, megkeresni is common in sentences like Szeretném megkeresni Önt a beszélgetés kedvéért (I would like to contact you). The sense can emphasize outreach (contacting) or discovery (finding someone) depending on context.

Grammatical notes: Megkeresni is a transitive, perfective verb. Its infinitive form is megkeresni. In the present tense, forms include megkeresek, megkeresel, megkeresi, megkeressük, megkeresitek, megkeresik. The past tense forms include megkerestem, megkereste, megkerestük, megkerestétek, megkeresték. Future constructions use a periphrastic form (fog megkeresni) or related present forms in different syntactic contexts. Example sentences illustrate typical usage: Megkerestem a kollégát, mert segíthetett nekem. (I contacted the colleague because they could help me.)