No. 662 in Hungarian
mondani
"To say" or "to tell."
In a sentence
Szeretnék valamit mondani.
I would like to say something.
In this sentence, 'mondani' means 'to say or to tell' and is used in the infinitive form to express the action of speaking.
Mit szeretnél mondani nekem?
What would you like to say to me?
Here, 'mondani' still means 'to say or to tell' in infinitive form, used to ask about a person's intention of expressing a message.
Ő azt mondta, hogy jól van.
He/She said that he/she is fine.
In this case, the verb 'mondta' is the conjugated past tense form of 'mondani', indicating the action of saying has already occurred.
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