vándoroltam

Vándoroltam is the first-person singular past tense form of the Hungarian verb vándorolni, meaning “I wandered” or “I roamed.” It is used to describe moving from place to place without a fixed destination and is common in personal narratives, travel writing, or memoirs.

Formation and etymology: The form is built from the stem vándorol-, with the past tense suffix -t- and the first-person singular ending -am, yielding vándoroltam. The underlying noun vándor (wandering person, nomad) informs the sense of the verb, which conveys moving about rather than leaving a fixed location permanently.

Usage: Vándoroltam is intransitive and typically does not require a direct object. It can evoke casual roaming, exploration, or migratory movement, depending on context. It is used to recount past activities and experiences.

Examples:

- Múlt hétvégén a városban vándoroltam, és megpillantottam a naplementét. (Last weekend I wandered through the city and watched the sunset.)

- Gyermekkoromban sokat vándoroltam a réten és az erdőben. (In my childhood I wandered a lot across the meadow and in the forest.)

See also: vándor, vándorlás, vándorolni, a magyar igerendszer.