Visszaadtam

Visszaadtam is the first-person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb visszaadni, meaning “to give back” or “to return (something) to its owner.” As a finite verb form, it expresses a completed action performed by the speaker.

Morphology and formation: The verb is built from the prefix vissza- meaning “back” or “again” and the root ad- from adni, meaning “to give.” The suffix -tam marks the first-person singular past tense. In normal usage, visszaadtam requires a direct object to specify what was returned, for example: Visszaadtam a könyvet (I returned the book).

Usage: Visszaadtam is commonly used in everyday Hungarian to report returning items or fulfilling a return obligation. It can appear in narrative or dialog to convey a completed act of returning. As with other Hungarian verb forms, its exact form can be adapted in longer sentences to reflect tense, mood, or aspect, but the base meaning remains “I returned (it).”

Etymology and relation to related forms: The meaning derives from vissza- (“back, back again”) combined with adni (“to give”). Related forms include visszaadni (to return, to give back) and various past or conditional forms derived from that verb.

See also: Hungarian verbs of return; visszaadni; adni; vissza- prefix in Hungarian morphology.