told
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /təʊld/, [ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d], [ˈtʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
- (General American) enPR: tōld, IPA(key): /toʊld/
Audio (GA) (file) - (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /tɐʉld/, [tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d]
- Homophone: tolled
- Rhymes: -əʊld
Verb edit
told
- simple past and past participle of tell
- A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.
Anagrams edit
Danish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)
Declension edit
Declension of told
common gender |
Singular | |
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indefinite | definite | |
nominative | told | tolden |
genitive | tolds | toldens |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “told” in Den Danske Ordbog
- told on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly from the verb tol (“to push”) + -d (frequentative suffix).[1]
Verb edit
told
- (transitive) to add, to splice
Conjugation edit
conjugation of told
Click for archaic forms | 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. | toldok | toldasz | told | toldunk | toldotok | toldanak | |
Def. | toldom | toldod | toldja | toldjuk | toldjátok | toldják | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldalak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | toldottam | toldottál | toldott | toldottunk | toldottatok | toldottak | ||
Def. | toldottam | toldottad | toldotta | toldottuk | toldottátok | toldották | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldottalak | ― | |||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. toldani fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | toldék | toldál | tolda | toldánk | toldátok | toldának | ||
Def. | toldám | toldád | toldá | toldánk | toldátok | toldák | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. told vala, toldott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | toldandok | toldandasz | toldand | toldandunk | toldandotok | toldandanak | ||
Def. | toldandom | toldandod | toldandja | toldandjuk | toldandjátok | toldandják | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldandalak | ― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | toldanék | toldanál | toldana | toldanánk | toldanátok | toldanának | |
Def. | toldanám | toldanád | toldaná | toldanánk (or toldanók) |
toldanátok | toldanák | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldanálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. toldott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | toldjak | toldj or toldjál |
toldjon | toldjunk | toldjatok | toldjanak | |
Def. | toldjam | toldd or toldjad |
toldja | toldjuk | toldjátok | toldják | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldjalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. toldott légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | toldani | toldanom | toldanod | toldania | toldanunk | toldanotok | toldaniuk | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
toldás | toldó | toldott | toldandó | toldva (toldván) | |||||
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of told
Click for archaic forms | 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. | toldhatok | toldhatsz | toldhat | toldhatunk | toldhattok | toldhatnak | |
Def. | toldhatom | toldhatod | toldhatja | toldhatjuk | toldhatjátok | toldhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldhatlak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indef. | toldhattam | toldhattál | toldhatott | toldhattunk | toldhattatok | toldhattak | ||
Def. | toldhattam | toldhattad | toldhatta | toldhattuk | toldhattátok | toldhatták | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldhattalak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | toldhaték | toldhatál | toldhata | toldhatánk | toldhatátok | toldhatának | ||
Def. | toldhatám | toldhatád | toldhatá | toldhatánk | toldhatátok | toldhaták | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldhatálak | ― | |||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. toldhat vala, toldhatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | toldhatandok or toldandhatok |
toldhatandasz or toldandhatsz |
toldhatand or toldandhat |
toldhatandunk or toldandhatunk |
toldhatandotok or toldandhattok |
toldhatandanak or toldandhatnak | ||
Def. | toldhatandom or toldandhatom |
toldhatandod or toldandhatod |
toldhatandja or toldandhatja |
toldhatandjuk or toldandhatjuk |
toldhatandjátok or toldandhatjátok |
toldhatandják or toldandhatják | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldhatandalak or toldandhatlak |
― | |||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | toldhatnék | toldhatnál | toldhatna | toldhatnánk | toldhatnátok | toldhatnának | |
Def. | toldhatnám | toldhatnád | toldhatná | toldhatnánk (or toldhatnók) |
toldhatnátok | toldhatnák | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldhatnálak | ― | |||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. toldhatott volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | toldhassak | toldhass or toldhassál |
toldhasson | toldhassunk | toldhassatok | toldhassanak | |
Def. | toldhassam | toldhasd or toldhassad |
toldhassa | toldhassuk | toldhassátok | toldhassák | |||
2nd-p. o. | toldhassalak | ― | |||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. toldhatott légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (toldhatni) | (toldhatnom) | (toldhatnod) | (toldhatnia) | (toldhatnunk) | (toldhatnotok) | (toldhatniuk) | ||
Positive adjective | toldható | Neg. adj. | toldhatatlan | Adv. part. | (toldhatva / toldhatván) | ||||
Derived terms edit
(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2 edit
tol (“to push”) + -d (personal suffix)
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
told
References edit
- ^ told in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading edit
- told in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Participle edit
told (neuter told or tolt, definite singular and plural tolde)
- (non-standard since 2012) past participle of tole
Verb edit
told
Yola edit
Verb edit
told
- Alternative form of tolth
- 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
- Fho told thee?
- Who told thee?
References edit
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 40