Parkoltatok

Parkoltatok is a Hungarian verb form derived from parkolni (to park) and the causative suffix -tatni, with the past tense marker for the second-person plural. It functions as the past tense form of parkoltatni for you all, and it encodes a meaning of causing someone else to park or arranging parking on someone’s behalf. In English, it would correspond to a construction like “you had (someone) park,” or more generally to the past tense of a causative verb.

Etymology and morphology: The base is parkol- (to park). The causative suffix -tatni creates parkoltatni, meaning “to cause to park.” The past tense and plural subject are indicated by the suffixes that realize the second-person plural past form, yielding parkoltatok in standard usage. The exact form can vary slightly with dialect or stylistic context, but the basic structure remains the same: root, causative, and past-tense plural marking.

Usage and context: Parkoltatok is relatively specialized in everyday speech and appears most often in written Hungarian, grammar descriptions, or contexts that discuss verb derivation and causative constructions. In typical conversation, speakers may use simpler forms such as parkolni with a past tense or other phrasing to express the same idea, depending on the presence of an agent who performs the parking on behalf of someone else.

Related forms: The related verbs include parkolni (to park) and parkoltatni (to cause to park). Other conjugated forms follow standard Hungarian patterns for verbs with causative derivation and the appropriate subject and tense.

See also: Hungarian verb conjugation, causative verbs, parkolni, valet parking terminology.

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