Here we will say how to express that we usually do something or that we used to to something.
It's quite a different construction from what we're used to, because
it contains two verbs and no
adverb.
We take the verb szokott and the [infinitive] of the verb we usually do,
and conjugate the first. Note that the conjugation is in the past tense.
In the phrase, "he usually goes to the cinema," we take "go" and put it into the infinitive:
menni; and combine it with szokott (conjugated for third person "he"):
- szokott menni a moziba he usually goes to the cinima
Note that these mean both "usually" and "used to", depending on context:
- szokott menni a moziba he usually goes to the cinima
- régen szokott menni a moziba he used to go to the cinima
For other persons, we conjugate szokott just like any other
past-tense verb.
For example:
-
szoktál enni ott
you used to eat there
-
szoktunk inni bort
we usually drink wine
-
szoktunk menni ebbe a moziba
we usually to to this cinema
The full listings are here.
Indefinite |
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Definite |
Person |
Conjugation |
én
|
szoktam
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te
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szoktál
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ő
|
szokott
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mi
|
szoktunk
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ti
|
szokatok |
ők
|
szoktak
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|
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Person |
Conjugation |
én
|
szoktam
|
te
|
szoktad
|
ő
|
szokta
|
mi
|
szoktuk
|
ti
|
szoktátok |
ők
|
szokták
|
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See also...
expressing a repeated action in Hungarian.