A2 · Grundkenntnisse Kapitel 23

The Past Tense

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Unlock the ability to tell stories and describe events that happened in your past.

  • Attach the -tt suffix to regular verbs to indicate past action.
  • Memorize the three most essential irregular verbs in Hungarian.
  • Construct simple narrative sentences about your weekend or daily history.
Turning today into yesterday, one verb at a time.

Was du lernen wirst

How to talk about what happened. Conjugating regular and irregular verbs in the past.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

  1. 1
    By the end you will be able to: Use the -tt suffix to correctly conjugate regular verbs in the past tense.
  2. 2
    By the end you will be able to: Narrate where you went and what you were, using irregular verbs.

Tipps & Tricks (2)

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Check the stem

Always check if the verb is a short-stem verb before applying the -tt rule.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Tense Suffix -tt
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Memorize the stems

Don't try to derive them. Just memorize 'volt', 'ment', 'jött'.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Past Tense Verbs (ment, jött, volt)

Wichtige Vokabeln (6)

tegnap yesterday tanult studied ment went jött came volt was vacsora dinner

Real-World Preview

coffee

Recapping the Evening

Review Summary

  • Stem + -tt(suffix)
  • Memorization required

Häufige Fehler

You don't need to add -tt to irregular verbs; they have their own unique forms. Always check if the verb is on the irregular list first.

Wrong: Én menttam.
Richtig: Én mentem.

Do not double the vowel before the suffix. The stem is 'tanul', so just add 't'.

Wrong: Ő tanulott.
Richtig: Ő tanult.

Even irregular verbs need the correct personal ending, such as '-am' for 'I'.

Wrong: Én volt.
Richtig: Én voltam.

Next Steps

You have done an amazing job today! Keep practicing these past forms, and soon you'll be telling stories like a native speaker.

Write a 3-sentence diary entry about what you did yesterday.

Continue to: Looking Forward: The Future Tense

Schnelle Übung (6)

Choose the correct form.

A pék kenyeret ___.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: sütött
3rd person singular for front-vowel verb.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Tense Suffix -tt

Choose the correct verb.

Hová ___ tegnap?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: mentél
Movement away.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Past Tense Verbs (ment, jött, volt)

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Én futottem a parkban.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: futottam
Wrong linking vowel.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Tense Suffix -tt

Fix the error.

Find and fix the mistake:

Ő mentett.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Ő ment
No suffix for 3rd person.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Past Tense Verbs (ment, jött, volt)

Fill in the correct past tense form.

Tegnap otthon ___ (lenni).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: voltam
First person singular.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Past Tense Verbs (ment, jött, volt)

Fill in the correct past tense form.

Én ma sokat ___ (fut).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: futottam
Back-vowel verb requires 'o' linking vowel.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Past Tense Suffix -tt

Score: /6

Häufige Fragen (4)

They are short-stem verbs ending in -t, -d, or -s.
Usually one syllable and ends in -t, -d, or -s.
They are ancient roots that resisted the standard '-t' suffixation rule over centuries.
Yes, standard personal suffixes like '-am', '-ál', '-unk'.
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