fenntartottunk

Fenntartottunk is the first-person plural past tense form of the Hungarian verb fenntartani, which means to maintain, sustain, or uphold. The form indicates that the subject “we” performed the action of maintaining something in the past and is used in narrative or descriptive statements to refer to a past state of maintenance.

Etymology and related terms: Fenntartani is built from the verb stem fenntart- with the infinitive suffix -ani. The related noun fenntartás denotes maintenance or upkeeping, and fenntartó can refer to someone or something that maintains. Like many Hungarian verbs, fenntartani combines a semantic core of keeping something in a particular condition with affixes that mark tense and person.

Usage: Fenntartottunk appears in contexts describing past efforts to keep, preserve, or continue something, such as a project, system, relationship, or arrangement. It is a neutral, factual form suitable for reporting past actions without implying completion or success beyond the act of maintaining.

Example: Fenntartottunk egy projektet. (We maintained a project.)

Notes: In Hungarian, past tense forms can vary with definite versus indefinite objects, and with aspect. Fenntartottunk is the general past form without an explicitly marked object in the sentence, though it can accompany a direct object when present. Related terms include fenntartás (maintenance) and fenntartó (maintainer).