No. 204 in Hungarian
tudta
"Knew" (past tense of "know").
In a sentence
A diák tudta, hogy a vizsga nehéz lesz.
The student knew that the exam would be difficult.
Here, 'tudta' denotes the past tense third-person singular form of 'tudni,' meaning 'to know,' indicating past knowledge of the difficulty.
Nem tudta, hogyan kell megoldani a problémát.
He/she did not know how to solve the problem.
In this sentence, 'tudta' is used in the negative form, expressing a lack of awareness or understanding of the method to solve the problem.
Tegnap már tudta, hogy ma korán kell felkelnie.
Yesterday, he/she already knew that he/she had to get up early today.
Here, 'tudta' represents prior awareness or realization of an action that needed to be taken in the future, expressed in past tense.
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