Írnánk

írnánk is the first-person plural conditional form of the Hungarian verb írni, meaning to write. It is used to express a hypothetical action or a tentative plan in the present or future, roughly corresponding to “we would write” in English. The form is also found in polite suggestions or conditional clauses.

Formation and related forms: The Hungarian conditional mood is built by attaching the suffix -nánk to the verb stem. For írni, the stem is ír-, giving írnánk for the first-person plural. Other persons have their own forms, such as írnál (you would write), írna (he/she would write), írnátok (you would write, plural), and írnának (they would write). The negation uses nem írnánk, meaning “we would not write.”

Usage and examples: Írnánk egy rövid jelentést. (We would write a short report.) Ha lenne rá időnk, írnánk részletes dokumentumot. (If we had time, we would write a detailed document.) In Hungarian, the conditional mood also helps soften statements or requests, for example in proposing collaboration or expressing a conditional plan: Írnánk neked, ha szeretnéd, hogy beszámolót küldjünk. (We would write to you if you would like us to send a report.)

Notes: írnánk appears in formal or written contexts and is common in planned or hypothetical discourse. It is distinct from other moods and tenses of írni, such as the present tense írunk or the past tense írtunk, and from past conditional forms that use different constructions.