Hungarian

Verb

szokik

1. to get used to something (-hoz/-hez/-höz), to get accustomed to
2. to do something regularly or generally

   A leveleket reggel szoktam elolvasni. - I generally read the mail in the morning.

Conjugation

Usage notes

• In the second meaning, the verb is only used with the past tense in the infinitive.
• There is no modern Hungarian equivalent to used to (formerly and habitually do). The appropriate (dated) past perfect construction, szokott volt, is still colloquial in some dialects. Use szokott volt or régen (or similar adjectives) along with the past tense of szokik to express this notion. Compare:

  Reggelente szoktam elolvasni a leveleimet. - I usually read my mail in the morning.

  Reggelente szoktam volt elolvasni a leveleimet. - I used to read my mail in the morning.

  Régebben reggelente szoktam elolvasni a leveleimet. - I used to read my mail in the morning.

• There is a slight difference in meaning between szokik and hozzászokik in certain sentences.

  Nem vagyok a korai keléshez szokva. - I'm not used to waking up early. (Implying that the person does not usually get up early in the morning.)

  Nem vagyok a korai keléshez hozzászokva. - I'm not used to waking up early. (Implying that the person is not usually successful at waking up early, even though he has been doing it for some time.)

Derived terms

• szokás
• szokatlan
• szoktat
• szokványos

(With verbal prefixes):

• hozzászokik
• megszokik

References

1. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6