támadja

Támadja is a Hungarian verb form used in present tense to mean “attacks it” or “is attacking it.” It is the definite-conjugation form of the verb támad (to attack), which appears when the direct object is definite. In Hungarian, the definite conjugation attaches suffixes to the verb to reflect both the subject and the definiteness of the object, producing forms such as támadja for the third-person singular.

In practice, támadja is used when the speaker refers to a specific, identifiable object that is being attacked. For example, in the sentence A medve az embert támadja, the bear attacks the man; az embert is a definite object, and támadja is the correct definite form for he/she/it attacking that object. If the object is indefinite or general, the indefinite form would be támad, as in A medve támad (The bear attacks).

The same pattern applies across persons: támadom (I attack it), támadod (you attack it), támadja (he/she attacks it), támadjuk (we attack it), támadjátok (you all attack it), támadják (they attack it). This illustrates how Hungarian distinguishes definite versus indefinite objects in verb conjugation.

Related terms include támadás, the noun meaning “attack,” and támadó, meaning “attacker.” The form támadja is one element of a broader system of definite-object conjugation within Hungarian verb morphology.