szólok

Szólok is a form of the Hungarian verb szólni, which has meanings related to speaking, telling, or informing. In standard use, szólok appears as the first-person singular present indicative, meaning “I speak,” but in everyday speech it is more often understood as “I’ll tell you” or “I’ll let you know,” especially when followed by a recipient in the dative.

Usage of szólok centers on conveying information to someone. The phrase szólok neked is a common construction meaning “I’ll tell you” or “I’ll inform you.” In many contexts the present tense is used to indicate a future action: Szólok, ha kész van. = I’ll let you know when it’s ready. The verb is typically transitive with a recipient expressed in the dative case, though it may appear intransitively in fixed expressions.

Morphology and conjugation: szólok is the 1st person singular present indicative form. The full present-tense paradigm for szólni is: én szólok, te szólsz, ő szól, mi szólunk, ti szólotok, ők szólnak. The form can take direct or indirect objects and is commonly used with adverbial or temporal modifiers to situate the informing act.

See also: szólni, the Hungarian verb meaning to tell, to speak, or to sound; Hungarian verbs of communication and related semantic fields.