tartottál

Tartottál is a form of the Hungarian verb tartani, the second person singular past tense. It corresponds to “you held” or “you kept” in English and is used to describe actions completed in the past by the subject “you.” The form can cover both physical holding and more abstract senses such as maintaining, keeping, or giving (as in a speech).

Grammatically, tartani is an irregular, but very common, verb in Hungarian conjugation. Tartottál appears in the simple past tense for the second person singular, and it is typically used with a direct object or a time-related phrase to specify what was held or kept. It can be employed in transitive contexts (holding something) as well as in idiomatic uses (for example, giving a speech is expressed with tartani, yielding tartottál egy beszédet).

Usage notes and examples:

- Ezt a könyvet a kezedben tartottál. (You held this book in your hand.)

- A konferencián tartottál egy beszédet. (You gave a speech at the conference.)

- Tartani can also express continuing or maintaining a state, with the past tense form marking the completion of the action in the past.

Relation to other forms: tartani has related forms across tenses and persons, such as tartok (I hold), tartasz (you hold), tartottam (I held), tartottam-e (did I hold?), and so on. These forms share a common stem and are used to express a range of aspects in Hungarian.

See also: tartani, Hungarian verb conjugation, Hungarian past tense.