told

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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

Verb

told

  1. simple past and past participle of tell
    A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.

Anagrams

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

told c (singular definite tolden, not used in plural form)

  1. duty, tariff (tax placed on imports or exports)

Declension

Declension of told
common
gender 		Singular
indefinite definite
nominative told tolden
genitive tolds toldens

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possibly from the verb tol (“to push”) +‎ -d (frequentative suffix).

Verb

told

  1. (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

tol (“to push”) +‎ -d (personal suffix)

Alternative forms

Verb

told

  1. second-person singular subjunctive present definite of tol

References

  1. ^ 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

  • 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

Participle

told (neuter told or tolt, definite singular and plural tolde)

  1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of tole

Verb

told

  1. (non-standard since 2012) supine of tole

Yola

Verb

told

  1. Alternative form of tolth
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Fho told thee?
      Who told thee?

References

  • 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
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