eltanították

Eltanították is a Hungarian verb meaning "they were taught" or "they had been taught." It is the past tense, passive voice, third-person plural form of the verb tanítani, which means "to teach."

The verb tanítani itself is derived from the noun tan, meaning "lesson" or "study." The suffix -ít indicates a causative or factitive meaning, so tanítani essentially means to cause someone to learn or to impart knowledge. The passive voice marker -tat- is then added, resulting in taníttatni, meaning "to have someone taught" or "to have someone be taught." Finally, the past tense, third-person plural ending -ták is appended, forming eltanították.

The prefix "el-" in this context often denotes completion or removal. Therefore, "eltanították" can imply that the teaching process was completed or that the knowledge was imparted to the point of being fully grasped. It suggests a completed action of teaching performed by an unspecified subject on a plural object. For example, "A diákokat eltanították a számok írására" translates to "The students were taught to write numbers." The focus is on the students receiving the instruction, rather than on who provided it. This form is commonly used in sentences where the agent of teaching is either unknown, unimportant, or implied by the context.