birtokoltad

Birtokoltad is a Hungarian verb form that represents the second-person singular past tense of the verb birtokolni, meaning to possess or own. It literally translates to “you possessed” and is used when the subject of the sentence is you and the possession occurred in the past. The form is created from the stem birtokol-, with a past tense marker and the second-person singular ending, producing the single word birtokoltad.

In typical use, birtokoltad indicates that you had physical possession of something at a particular time in the past. It often appears with a direct object in the accusative, as in a sentence like birtokoltad a könyvet (you possessed the book). The construction is common in narrative, descriptive writing and in conversations when recounting past events involving possession.

Birtoklás, the act of possessing, focuses on physical control over an object, whereas ownership (tulajdon) refers to legal title and rights. Hungarian distinguishes possession (birtok) from ownership, and the past form birtokoltad clearly places the possession in a past context rather than current ownership. This differs from related forms that convey ownership or prolonged state, which may use different tenses or aspects.

In brief, birtokoltad is a standard past-tense, second-person singular form of birtokolni, used to state that you possessed or owned something at a past time, with typical usage in descriptions of past events or narratives involving possession.