Tudnád

Tudnád is the second person singular conditional form of the Hungarian verb tud, meaning you would know. It is used to express hypothetical knowledge or, more commonly, to make polite requests, such as “Could you tell me…?” or “Would you know where…?”

Formation and usage notes

Tudnád is formed by taking the stem tud (to know) and adding the conditional suffix -nád for the 2nd person singular. The form is typically used in direct questions or embedded clauses to express a request or a hypothetical capability. In formal address, Hungarian often uses the third-person conditional form with the pronoun Ön, for example Tudna mondani? (Could you tell me?). The word is stressed on the first syllable.

Common contexts and examples

- Tudnád mondani, merre van a könyvtár? (Could you tell me where the library is?)

- Tudnád-e megmondani, hány óra van? (Would you be able to say what time it is?)

- Tudna segíteni nekem? (Could you help me?) — formal counterpart using tudna.

Related forms

Tudnád belongs to a family of conditional forms built from tud: tudnám (I would know), tudnánk (we would know), tudnátok (you would know, plural), tudnának (they would know). In everyday speech, tudnád is ubiquitous and widely understood across registers, though more formal situations may favor tudna or tudnának depending on the addressee. Provide translations generally as “you would know” in conditional sense or as part of a polite request.