hazudjatok

Hazudjatok is a Hungarian verb phrase in the imperative mood, used to address several people and tell them to lie. It is the second-person plural imperative form of hazudni, which means to lie or tell a lie. The singular imperative is hazudj, and the negative form is ne hazudjatok.

Morphology and related forms: The infinitive hazudni yields the imperative by adding the appropriate endings. For plural you say hazudjatok, while singular is hazudj. Related words include hazugság (lie as a noun) and hazug (liar). The root hazud- is common to these terms, connecting the action of lying with its linguistic family.

Usage: Hazudjatok is used to command a group to lie, typically in direct speech, dialogue, or quoted material. In formal writing, explicit commands of lying are uncommon; more often the phrase appears in literary works, satirical contexts, or when reporting someone’s rhetoric. The negative form ne hazudjatok is used to prohibit lying by a group.

Examples: In dialogue, a character might shout “Hazudjatok!” to urge others to fabricate or conceal information, while a speaker addressing an audience could frame a warning with “ne hazudjatok,” meaning don’t lie. In journalism or analysis, the phrase may appear as a quoted command to illustrate propaganda or deceit.

See also: hazudni, hazugság, hazug.