tanul
Hungarian
Etymology
From the same stem as tanít (“to teach”) + -ul (verb-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɒnul]
- Hyphenation: ta‧nul
- Rhymes: -ul
Verb
tanul
- (transitive) to study, to learn (to acquire or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something)
- Perfective: megtanul
- Coordinate term: tanít
- (transitive, intransitive) to study (to review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination)
- (intransitive) to study, to learn (to attend a course or other educational activity; with/from a teacher: -nál/-nél)
- (intransitive) to learn (to gain knowledge from a bad experience so as to improve; from something: -ból/-ből)
Conjugation
conjugation of tanul
1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal | 1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood | Present | Indef. | tanulok | tanulsz | tanul | tanulunk | tanultok | tanulnak |
Def. | tanulom | tanulod | tanulja | tanuljuk | tanuljátok | tanulják | ||
2nd-p. o. | tanullak | ― | ||||||
Past | Indef. | tanultam | tanultál | tanult | tanultunk | tanultatok | tanultak | |
Def. | tanultam | tanultad | tanulta | tanultuk | tanultátok | tanulták | ||
2nd-p. o. | tanultalak | ― | ||||||
Conditional mood | Present | Indef. | tanulnék | tanulnál | tanulna | tanulnánk | tanulnátok | tanulnának |
Def. | tanulnám | tanulnád | tanulná | tanulnánk (or tanulnók) | tanulnátok | tanulnák | ||
2nd-p. o. | tanulnálak | ― | ||||||
Subjunctive mood | Present | Indef. | tanuljak | tanulj or tanuljál | tanuljon | tanuljunk | tanuljatok | tanuljanak |
Def. | tanuljam | tanuld or tanuljad | tanulja | tanuljuk | tanuljátok | tanulják | ||
2nd-p. o. | tanuljalak | ― | ||||||
Infinitive | tanulni | tanulnom | tanulnod | tanulnia | tanulnunk | tanulnotok | tanulniuk | |
Other nonfinite verb forms | Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
tanulás | tanuló | tanult | tanulandó | tanulva | tanulhat |
Derived terms
- tanulatlan
- tanulás
- tanulékony
- tanulmány
- tanuló
- tanulság
- tanult
(With verbal prefixes):
- betanul
- beletanul
- eltanul
- kitanul
- megtanul
- összetanul
Expressions
- holtig tanul az ember
- jó pap holtig tanul
- mindig tanul az ember
Related terms
- tan
- tanít
- tanoda
Further reading
- tanul in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN