tetszik

Etymology
From the obsolete verb.

Verb

 * 1)  to appeal, to be liked
 * 2) * 1991, (bon mot)
 * Tetszettek volna forradalmat csinálni.
 * You should have made a revolution!
 * (I.e., that would have been the only way to attain a thorough lustration during the 1989 regime change. The past conditional indicates a reproachful retort to criticism that this transition happened too leniently.)
 * 1)  to seem, to appear
 * 1) * 1991, (bon mot)
 * Tetszettek volna forradalmat csinálni.
 * You should have made a revolution!
 * (I.e., that would have been the only way to attain a thorough lustration during the 1989 regime change. The past conditional indicates a reproachful retort to criticism that this transition happened too leniently.)
 * 1)  to seem, to appear
 * 1)  to seem, to appear

Usage notes

 * The subject of this verb is the person or thing that is liked. The agent takes the dative case.
 * If the agent is missing, the logical agent is implied.
 * If the subject is missing, or  is implied.
 * If the agent is missing, the logical agent is implied.
 * If the subject is missing, or  is implied.
 * If the subject is missing, or  is implied.
 * If the subject is missing, or  is implied.
 * If the subject is missing, or  is implied.

Conjugation
As an auxiliary verb, only the third-person forms are used, since its purpose is to address someone with respect. Out of these, the subjunctive is replaced by the otherwise archaic alternative forms tessék in the singular and tessenek in the plural. The word also survives in contemporary usage as an interjection.