Megnyomtam

Megnyomtam is a Hungarian verb form that expresses the completed action of pressing something, and translates to “I pressed” in English. It is the first-person singular past tense form of the verb megnyomni, which means to press, push, or click a button or switch. The past tense is formed by attaching the personal suffix to the perfective verb megnyomni.

The prefix meg- in Hungarian often marks a completed or resulting action, and combined with nyomni (to press or push) yields megnyomni, meaning to press in a way that brings about a result. Megnyomtam therefore conveys that the speaker performed the action of pressing and that its effect has occurred.

Common contexts for megnyomtam include everyday actions with physical or digital controls, such as pressing a button, a keyboard key, or a touchscreen control. It is used in narrative or descriptive speech to recount past events, instructions, or reports. For imperative or present-time references, other forms of megnyomni are used (for example, megnyomom in the present tense or megnyomd meg in informal imperative), but megnyomtam specifically denotes a completed action by the speaker.

Examples:

- Megnyomtam a gombot, és elindult a készülék. (I pressed the button, and the device started.)

- Amikor megnyomtam a linket, a oldal azonnal megnyílt. (When I pressed the link, the page opened immediately.)

See also: nyomni, megnyomás, megnyomott.

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