Oldják

Oldják is a Hungarian verb form rather than a stand-alone lexical item. It represents the present tense, indicative mood, third-person plural with a definite direct object. The form is created by taking the verb stem and adding the definite 3rd person plural ending -ják, with any necessary phonological adjustments to fit Hungarian harmony and consonant alternations. The definite conjugation contrasts with the indefinite form, which uses endings such as -nak or -nek.

The exact meaning of oldják depends on the underlying verb stem. In sentences, oldják usually means “they [do something to it]” or “they [perform an action on a definite object],” with the specific action supplied by the verb’s stem. For example, a verb with a stem ending in a consonant often takes -ják as part of the standard definite conjugation in the third person plural. Because Hungarian is an agglutinative language, the same -ják ending can attach to many different stems to yield different predicates, all sharing the same grammatical function.

In usage, oldják appears whenever the subject is plural and the object is definite, regardless of the verb’s particular meaning. It is therefore a grammatical form rather than a fixed word with a single translation.

See also: Hungarian grammar, verb conjugation, definite direct object.