told
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /təʊld/, /tɔʊld/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /toʊld/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊld
- Homophone: tolled
Verb
told
- simple past and past participle of tell
Translations
simple past tense
past participle
Anagrams
Danish
Pronunciation
Noun
told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)
Derived terms
Further reading
- told on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Possibly from the verb tol + -d (frequentative suffix).[1]
Verb
told
- (transitive) to add, to splice
Conjugation
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
(With verbal prefixes):
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
told
References
- ^ 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.)
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/əʊld
- English terms with homophones
- English non-lemma forms
- English verb forms
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish terms with homophones
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish common-gender nouns
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with homophones
- Hungarian verbs suffixed with -d
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian verbs
- Hungarian transitive verbs
- Hungarian non-lemma forms
- Hungarian verb forms