animálja

Animálja is the present tense, third-person singular form of the Hungarian verb animálni, meaning to animate, endow with life, or create motion for figures, objects, or scenes in media. It can also be used more broadly to mean enlivening or energizing a scene or performance. The infinitive is animálni; the past participle is animált, and the noun form animáció denotes animation as a process or product.

Etymology and usage: The verb is a loanword built on Latin anima “soul,” with later developments in Romance languages such as French animer or Italian animare, entering Hungarian with the same general sense of imparting life or motion. In contemporary Hungarian, animáció is the standard term for the field of animation, while animálni covers the act of animating in film, computer graphics, games, and related contexts. The term can also appear in metaphorical phrases to describe energizing a discussion or performance.

Conjugation: Animálja is used for the third-person singular present. Example: “A rendező animálja a figurákat a jelenetben.” Other present-tense forms are: én animálom, te animálod, mi animáljuk, ti animáljátok, ők animálják. The infinitive is animálni; the past tense forms include animáltam, animáltad, animálta, animáltuk, animáltátok, animálták; the past participle is animált.