Tanulmányoztak

Tanulmányoztak is a Hungarian verb form meaning “they studied in depth” or “they examined.” It is the past tense, third-person plural form of tanulmányozni, which means to study in detail, to investigate, or to analyze something. The form tanulmányoztak is used when referring to actions carried out by multiple subjects in the past.

Usage in Hungarian is typically formal or scientific, where the emphasis is on thorough examination rather than general learning. It is transitive, taking an object that denotes what was studied or examined, such as a source, data, or a phenomenon. In everyday speech, speakers might use simpler verbs like tanulmányoztatni or tanulmányozni in different contexts, but tanulmányoztak remains common in reports and narratives about collaborative research or investigations.

Examples:

- A diákok tanulmányoztak egy forrást a dolgozatukhoz. (The students studied a source for their paper.)

- A kutatók tanulmányoztak több adatpontot a kísérlet megértéséhez. (The researchers examined several data points to understand the experiment.)

Etymology and morphology: the verb is built from tanulmány (study) plus the thematic vowel -oz- and the infinitive -ni, with the past tense suffix -tak yielding tanulmányoztak. This places it in the class of -ozni verbs, commonly used for actions involving detailed examination or analysis.