Tanulódnak

Tanulódnak is a Hungarian verb form that appears in the present tense with the third-person plural subject, and is associated with the middle voice of the verb tanulni (to learn). It signals that the subjects participate in the action as a process affecting them, often with a reflexive or collective nuance. In contemporary standard Hungarian, tanulódnak is infrequent and is typically encountered in older texts, regional dialects, or as a stylistic/literary device.

Morphology and meaning: The form is built from the verb stem tanul- with the middle-voice suffix -ódik and the plural present ending -nak, yielding tanulódnak. By comparison, the common active form is tanulnak (they learn). The related forms include tanulódik (it is learned / one learns in the middle sense) and other regional or archaic variants. The usage tends to emphasize the process of learning as something the subjects undergo together, rather than a straightforward, agentive action.

Usage and register: Tanulódnak is best described as archival, dialectal, or literary. It may appear in sentences that highlight collective or reflexive learning, or that aim for a formal or historical tone. Modern Hungarian speakers generally prefer tanulnak, megtanulják, or other standard constructions to express the same idea without the middle-voice nuance.

Examples:

- A diákok tanulódnak együtt a csoportprojekten. (The students are learning together through the group project.)

- A közösség tanulódnak a kudarcokból. (The community learns from the failures, in a collective sense.)

See also: Hungarian verb conjugation, middle voice, passive constructions.