-tet
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tet"
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Suffix
-tet
- (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.
Usage notes
- (causative suffix) Variants:
- -at is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -et is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -tat is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- tisztít (“to clean”) + -tat → tisztíttat (“to have someone clean or to have something cleaned”)
- -tet is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
Conjugation
| 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. | -tetek | -tetsz | -tet | -tetünk | -tettek | -tetnek | |
| Def. | -tetem | -teted | -teti | -tetjük | -tetitek | -tetik | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tetlek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | -tettem | -tettél | -tetett | -tettünk | -tettetek | -tettek | ||
| Def. | -tettem | -tetted | -tette | -tettük | -tettétek | -tették | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tettelek | ― | |||||||
| 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. -tetni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | -teték | -tetél | -tete | -teténk | -tetétek | -tetének | ||
| Def. | -tetém | -tetéd | -teté | -teténk | -tetétek | -teték | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tetélek | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. -tet vala, -tetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | -tetendek | -tetendesz | -tetend | -tetendünk | -tetendetek | -tetendenek | ||
| Def. | -tetendem | -tetended | -tetendi | -tetendjük | -tetenditek | -tetendik | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tetendelek | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | -tetnék | -tetnél | -tetne | -tetnénk | -tetnétek | -tetnének | |
| Def. | -tetném | -tetnéd | -tetné | -tetnénk (or -tetnők) |
-tetnétek | -tetnék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tetnélek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -tetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | -tessek | -tess or -tessél |
-tessen | -tessünk | -tessetek | -tessenek | |
| Def. | -tessem | -tesd or -tessed |
-tesse | -tessük | -tessétek | -tessék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tesselek | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -tetett légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | -tetni | -tetnem | -tetned | -tetnie | -tetnünk | -tetnetek | -tetniük | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| -tetés | -tető | -tetett | -tetendő | -tetve (-tetvén) | |||||
| 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). | |||||||||
conjugation of -tet
| 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. | -tethetek | -tethetsz | -tethet | -tethetünk | -tethettek | -tethetnek | |
| Def. | -tethetem | -tetheted | -tetheti | -tethetjük | -tethetitek | -tethetik | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tethetlek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | -tethettem | -tethettél | -tethetett | -tethettünk | -tethettetek | -tethettek | ||
| Def. | -tethettem | -tethetted | -tethette | -tethettük | -tethettétek | -tethették | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tethettelek | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | -tetheték | -tethetél | -tethete | -tetheténk | -tethetétek | -tethetének | ||
| Def. | -tethetém | -tethetéd | -tetheté | -tetheténk | -tethetétek | -tetheték | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tethetélek | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. -tethet vala, -tethetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | -tethetendek or -tetandhatok |
-tethetendesz or -tetandhatsz |
-tethetend or -tetandhat |
-tethetendünk or -tetandhatunk |
-tethetendetek or -tetandhattok |
-tethetendenek or -tetandhatnak | ||
| Def. | -tethetendem or -tetandhatom |
-tethetended or -tetandhatod |
-tethetendi or -tetandhatja |
-tethetendjük or -tetandhatjuk |
-tethetenditek or -tetandhatjátok |
-tethetendik or -tetandhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tethetendelek or -tetandhatlak |
― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | -tethetnék | -tethetnél | -tethetne | -tethetnénk | -tethetnétek | -tethetnének | |
| Def. | -tethetném | -tethetnéd | -tethetné | -tethetnénk (or -tethetnők) |
-tethetnétek | -tethetnék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tethetnélek | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -tethetett volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | -tethessek | -tethess or -tethessél |
-tethessen | -tethessünk | -tethessetek | -tethessenek | |
| Def. | -tethessem | -tethesd or -tethessed |
-tethesse | -tethessük | -tethessétek | -tethessék | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tethesselek | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -tethetett légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (-tethetni) | (-tethetnem) | (-tethetned) | (-tethetnie) | (-tethetnünk) | (-tethetnetek) | (-tethetniük) | ||
| Positive adjective | -tethető | Neg. adj. | -tethetetlen | Adv. part. | (-tethetve / -tethetvén) | ||||
potential conjugation of -tet
Derived terms
Further reading
- Műveltető (faktitív) “Factitive” in Kiefer, Ferenc (ed.). Strukturális magyar nyelvtan 3. Morfológia (“A structural grammar of Hungarian, Vol. 3. Morphology”), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2000.
Etymology 2
From -tetik (passive-forming suffix), removing the ending.
Suffix
-tet
- Combining form of -tetik (passive-forming suffix) before all inflectional and derivational suffixes, except the dictionary form itself, the indefinite third-person singular present indicative
- neveltetik (“to be brought up”) → neveltetés (“upbringing”).
Usage notes
(combining forms of the passive-forming suffix) Variants: -at-, -et-, -tat-, -tet- (from -atik, -etik, -tatik, -tetik), as well as the tautological (doubly suffixed) forms -attat-, -ettet- (from -attatik, -ettetik). See more in the template of the full forms of this suffix.
See also
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Suffix
-tet
- Alternative form of -te
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