Támadtam

Támadtam is the first-person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb támad, meaning to attack or to assault. It is used to indicate that the speaker carried out an attack in the past, either literally in a physical confrontation or figuratively, such as attacking a problem, argument, or criticism.

Morphology and form: The base stem is támad-. The past tense for the first person singular is formed with the suffix -tam, producing támadtam. The resulting word includes a historical consonant linkage where the stem-ending d interacts with the suffix, yielding the standard form támadtam. The form is capitalized only when starting a sentence or used as a proper noun, as with any Hungarian verb form.

Usage notes: In modern Hungarian, támadtam is used in both literal and figurative contexts. It requires a direct object when describing a physical attack (for example, támadtam az ellenfelet – I attacked the opponent). In figurative uses, it can describe launching an initiative, a verbal assault, or addressing a problem with forceful action.

Examples:

- Támadtam az ellenfelet. (I attacked the opponent.)

- A vita során támadtam rá a problémára. (During the argument I attacked the problem, i.e., addressed it forcefully.)

See also: Hungarian verb conjugation, past tense forms, támad.