mozdulnak

Mozi̋dulnak is the third-person plural present indicative form of the Hungarian verb mozdul, meaning to move or to shift. It translates to they move or they are moving and is used with plural subjects to describe motion, whether physical, such as objects in space, or metaphorical, such as a group beginning to act.

Morphology and usage are straightforward in Hungarian. The stem mozdul takes the plural present suffix -nak or -nek depending on vowel harmony; with the stem’s back-vowel quality, the form becomes mozdulnak. The form appears in sentences where multiple subjects perform the action of moving: Az autók mozdulnak. Az emberek mozdulnak.

In addition to literal movement, mozdulnak can be used in extended senses related to change or initiation of action within a group. For example, a crowd, a crew, or a team may mozdulnak toward a goal or toward a location, conveying that movement has begun or is ongoing.

Related words in the same verb family include mozdul (to move oneself, intransitive), mozgat (to move something, transitive), and the noun mozdulás (movement or motion). The form mozdulnak is a standard present-tense, finite form and is not typically used in formal infinitive or conditional constructions by itself; those would employ other forms such as mozdulni (to move, infinitive) or mozdulna/mozdulnátok (conditional or subjunctive forms).

Overall, mozdulnak is a basic, commonly used verb form conveying plural motion in present time, with broad applicability to physical, mechanical, and metaphorical movement.