emlékszik

Emlékszik is a Hungarian verb meaning to remember or to recall. It is the present-tense form used for the third-person singular, while the verb’s infinitive is emlékezni. The basic present-tense paradigm is: én emlékszem, te emlékszel, ő emlékszik, mi emlékszünk, ti emlékeztek, ők emlékeznek. The past tense forms are emlékezett (third person singular) and emlékeztem (first person singular), with similar endings for other persons.

Usage and meaning

Emlékszik is used to indicate recalling information, events, or memories. It is typically followed by an object in a form such as valamire (to remember something), or by a pronoun such as rá (to remember him/her/it). Examples: "Ő emlékszik a születésnapjára." (He remembers his birthday.) "Én nem emlékszem rá." (I don’t remember him/it.) The verb can express both specific recall and general memory.

Related forms and distinctions

The related verb megemlékezik means to commemorate or to mention in memory of someone or something. Emlékezni can also be used in compound futures like Meg fogok emlékezni, meaning I will remember. The noun emlék (memory or memento) and the noun/emergency derived term emlékezet (memory, recall) are etymologically connected to emlékszik.

Etymology

The verb derives from emlék, meaning memory, with native Hungarian verb formation patterns. It is a core example of a memory-related verb in Hungarian and is cognate with related terms in the language’s memoro-cultural lexicon.

See also

emlék, emlékezet, megemlékezés, emlékezni.