látogatni

Látogatni is a Hungarian verb meaning to visit, i.e., to go to see a person or a place, typically for social reasons or sightseeing. It covers visiting someone (látogat valakit) and visiting a location (látogat egy helyet).

Noun forms related to the verb include látogatás, meaning a visit, and látogató, meaning a visitor. A prefixed form meglátogatni is commonly used to emphasize paying a visit to someone, often with a sense of completion or intention, as in Meglátogatom a nagymamámat.

Conjugation and usage patterns: In everyday Hungarian, the present tense forms are látogatok, látogatsz, látogat, látogatunk, látogattok, látogatnak. Past tense forms are látogattam, látogattál, látogatott, látogattunk, látogattatok, látogattak. The future is typically formed with the auxiliary fog followed by the infinitive, for example: látogatni fogok (I will visit), látogatni fogsz (you will visit), látogatni fogunk (we will visit).

Examples of use include: “Hétvégén meglátogatom a nagymamámat.” (I will visit my grandmother this weekend.) “Szeretek múzeumba látogatni.” (I enjoy visiting museums.) The verb commonly combines with various objects to describe visiting people, places, or institutions, and it participates in both simple past and completed-action constructions with appropriate prefixes or tense markers.

Etymology and related forms: látogatni derives from the root lát- (to see) with derivational suffixes that form verbs of visiting. The noun látogatás denotes the act of visiting, while látogató refers to a person who visits or a visitor.