folytatták

Folytatták is a Hungarian verb form meaning "they continued" or "they resumed," and it constitutes the third-person plural past tense of the verb folytatni (to continue, to resume). The form indicates that a course of action that had begun earlier was carried on by multiple subjects in the past.

Etymology and form: Folytatni derives from the noun folytatás (continuation) and the verb stem folytat-. The past tense, third-person plural, is folytatták, created by adding the past suffix -t (with assimilation) and the personal ending -ák to the stem. This pattern mirrors other Hungarian verbs in which the past tense is marked by -t- plus a plural ending. Related forms include folytattam (I continued), folytattad (you continued), folytatta (he/she continued), folytattuk (we continued), and folytatjátok (you all continued).

Usage: Folytatták is used when reporting that a group of subjects continued or resumed an activity in the past. It commonly takes a direct object or a verb phrase in the infinitive to specify what was continued. Examples:

- A beszélgetést folytatták. (They continued the conversation.)

- A kutatók a kísérletet folytatták. (The researchers continued the experiment.)

- Mi folytattuk a munkát, miután megoldottuk a problémát. (We continued the work after solving the problem; in this sentence the finite form would be folytattuk.)

See also: folytatni (to continue/to resume), folytatás (continuation), magyar igenevek és igeidők (Hungarian verb forms).