Tanítottuk

Tanítottuk is a Hungarian verb form meaning “we taught.” It is the first-person plural past tense (preterite) of tanítani, which means to teach. This form is used when the subject is addressing a group that includes the speaker and the action took place in the past. In Hungarian, tanítottuk belongs to the definite past conjugation; it is built from the stem tanít- with the past-tense suffix and the 1st-person plural marker, resulting in tanítottuk. The spelling reflects the combination of the stem ending in a consonant and the suffix, which produces a double t in the written form.

In usage, tanítottuk appears in narrative or reported speech to state that “we taught” something. It can stand alone or be followed by a direct object, such as a lesson or subject taught. For example: Tanítottuk a diákokat. (We taught the students.) Tanítottuk, hogyan kell megoldani a feladatot. (We taught how to solve the task.) While tanítottuk often implies a completed teaching act, it can also be used in broader past-tense contexts about instructional activities within a period of time.

Related forms include tanítani (to teach), megtanítani (to teach someone how to do something), tanítás (teaching), and tanító (teacher). Tanítottuk is part of a broader system of Hungarian verb conjugation that marks person, number, tense, and object definiteness through suffixation. The form is commonly found in educational or narrative contexts when recounting past teaching activities.