csinálta

Csinálta is the third-person singular past definite form of the Hungarian verb csinálni, meaning to do or to make. It translates to “he did it” or “she did it,” and it is used when the direct object is definite, as in a specific task or object already identified in the discourse.

In Hungarian, past tense forms with definite objects are built by adding the suffix -ta or -te to the verb stem. For csinálni, the third-person singular past definite form is csinálta. Examples include: Ő csinálta a leckét. (He did the homework.) The presence of a definite object (like a particular task) is what triggers this form. By contrast, the past indefinite form, such as csinált, is used when the object is not definite or unspecified, for example: Ő csinált egy leckét. (He did a homework assignment.)

Csinálta can also appear in combination with prefixes that modify meaning, most notably meg- in megcsinálta, which signals completion or achievement of the task. Megcsinálta a feladatot means he has finished the task. The basic csinálta functions as a simple past-tense assertion about a completed action with a definite object, while other forms (csinált, megcsinálta, etc.) convey related aspects such as indefiniteness, completion, or ongoing relevance.

See also csinálni, the infinitive, and csinált, the past indefinite form, as well as megcsinálni, the perfective variant meaning to finish or to complete. These forms together illustrate how Hungarian marks tense and definiteness in verb conjugation.