szólottok

Szólottok is a form found in Hungarian that is derived from the verb szólni, meaning to say, tell, or speak. Grammatically, it is presented as a second-person plural form, but its exact status depends on tense and standard usage. In contemporary standard Hungarian, szólottok itself is not the regular present-tense 2nd-person plural form; rather, the common present forms are szólotok or szóltok, depending on the verb sense and regional variation, and the regular past tense 2nd-person plural is usually szóltatok or szólottatok.

In practice, many native speakers would use szóltok in the present meaning “you say/you tell,” as in Mit szóltok hozzá? “What do you think about it?” For past sense, the standard form is usually szólottatok (you spoke/told), with szólottátok appearing in some dialects or in older texts. The form szólottok is typically viewed as nonstandard in modern standard Hungarian, and when encountered it is most often considered a misspelling or dialectal variant of either szólottatok or szóltok depending on the context.

Etymologically, the form traces to szól, the present stem of szólni, combined with the second-person plural suffix -tok and, in the past tense, the past marker -ott- (or sequences that produce -ottatok). The distinction between present and past, and between standard and dialectal spellings, reflects the Hungarian system of verb conjugation and tense marking.

See also: szól, szólt, szólni, szóltok, szólottatok.