No. 944 in Hungarian
beszélni
"Beszélni" means "to speak" or "to talk" in English.
In a sentence
Szeretek magyarul beszélni.
I like to speak Hungarian.
Here, 'beszélni' is used in the infinitive form, expressing the general action of speaking in Hungarian.
Tegnap órákig beszéltünk a tervezett kirándulásról.
Yesterday, we talked for hours about the planned trip.
In this sentence, 'beszéltünk' is the past tense form referring to the action of talking about a topic in the past.
Megtanulok beszélni japánul.
I am learning to speak Japanese.
Here, 'beszélni' is also in the infinitive form but is paired with 'megtanulok' to denote the goal of the learning process.
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