Parancsoltak

Parancsoltak is a Hungarian verb form meaning they commanded or they ordered. It is the third-person plural past tense (the simple past) of the verb parancsol, which means to command or to give an order. The stem of the verb is parancsol-, and the suffix -tak attaches to indicate a plural subject in the past tense.

In usage, parancsol is transitive and typically takes a direct object or a subordinate clause specifying what is being ordered. Examples in ordinary phrasing include sentences such as “A vezetők parancsoltak az embereknek, hogy hazamenjenek,” meaning that the leaders ordered the people to go home. The form parancsoltak therefore functions to report actions carried out by multiple subjects in the past.

Present-tense forms of parancsol follow the regular conjugation pattern for this verb: parancsolok, parancsolsz, parancsol, parancsolunk, parancsoltok, parancsolnak. Related nominal forms include parancsolat, meaning an order or command, and parancsoló, an adjective meaning commanding. The verb is commonly used in historical, military, administrative, or formal contexts, and can be contrasted with synonyms such as utasít (to instruct) or elrendel (to decree), depending on nuance.

Summary: parancsoltak is the standard Hungarian past-tense form for “they commanded,” derived from parancsol, and is used to describe collective, past-directed commands issued by authorities or groups. It sits within a family of related terms involving orders and instructions in Hungarian.