No. 559 in Hungarian
mondták
"Mondták" means "they said."
In a sentence
A barátok mondták, hogy jó lenne találkozni.
The friends said that it would be nice to meet.
The word 'mondták' is the third person plural past tense of 'mond' meaning 'said'. Here, it indicates that 'the friends' as plural are the subjects.
Mondták, hogy a mező gyönyörű naplementekor.
They said that the field is beautiful at sunset.
In this sentence, 'mondták' functions as the past tense verb, connected with the implied subject 'they' referring to an unspecified group.
A hírekben mondták, hogy esni fog.
In the news, they said it would rain.
Here, 'mondták' conveys a statement reported from a collective source ('the news'), implying an anonymous group as the speaker.
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