felkeltsék

Felkeltsék is a Hungarian verb in the third-person plural, present tense, conditional mood. It translates to "they would wake up" or "they would awaken." The root verb is "kelni," meaning "to rise" or "to wake up." The "-t" suffix indicates the past tense, and the "-ék" suffix signifies the third-person plural conditional. Therefore, "felkeltsék" literally means "they would have woken up" or "they would have awakened."

This form is typically used in hypothetical or conditional sentences. For example, one might say, "Ha nem szólt volna a telefon, felkeltsék magukat." (If the phone hadn't rung, they would have woken themselves up.) It expresses an action that would have occurred under a specific condition, but which did not necessarily happen. The prefix "fel-" intensifies the meaning of "kelni," suggesting a more complete or definitive awakening. While the conditional mood can sometimes express politeness or a softened command, in this specific verb form, it most commonly refers to a past, unrealized condition. It is important to distinguish this from the simple present tense "felkelnek" (they wake up) or the past tense "felkeltek" (they woke up).