megkezdte

Megkezdte is the third-person singular past definite form of the Hungarian verb megkezdeni, meaning “to begin” or “to start.” It expresses that the subject started something at a past time and that the action of starting has been completed in relation to the moment of reference. The form is commonly used in narrative and reporting to convey a completed initiation of an activity.

Morphology and usage: The word is built from the prefix meg-, which adds a sense of completion or onset, and the root kezdeni, meaning to begin. The suffix -te marks the past definite tense, a Hungarian conjugation that is used when the direct object is definite or specific within the sentence. For example, in Megkezdte a projektet, the project is treated as a definite object and the sentence reads as “He started the project.” The same verb may appear in other persons and tenses (such as present or other past forms) depending on the subject and object definiteness.

Context and nuance: Megkezdte is prevalent in formal writing, journalism, biographies, and literature, where precise past actions are described. It highlights the moment of initiation and implies that the subsequent progression or completion of the action may follow in the surrounding discourse. The form is one of several related inflections of megkezdeni, which share the same verbal root with variations for person, tense, mood, and definiteness.