Tartjuk

Tartjuk is the first-person plural present tense form of the Hungarian verb tartani, meaning to hold, keep, or maintain. As a finite form, tartjuk is used to express that the speaker and others are currently holding or keeping something, whether a physical object, a relationship, a state, or an ongoing action. It is formed from the stem tart- with the present-tense ending -juk, which marks the first-person plural.

In use, tartjuk appears in a variety of everyday contexts. It can indicate maintaining a relationship or contact, keeping an assignment or plan, or preserving a state of affairs. For example, tartjuk a kapcsolatot a családdal means “we keep in touch with the family,” and tartjuk a tempót can mean “we keep the pace” or “we stay on track.” The form is common in both informal speech and written Hungarian, and it agrees with the subject in person and number.

Negation follows standard Hungarian patterns: nem tartjuk to indicate that we do not hold or keep something. The form can also appear in questions with appropriate intonation, such as Tartjuk-e a kapcsolatot? meaning “Do we keep in touch?”

Tartjuk is a standard, neutral linguistic example of how Hungarian encodes first-person plural present tense for transitive verbs, illustrating typical verb-conjugation behavior and everyday usage without specialized jargon.