-ttetek
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Hungarian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -tt (past-tense suffix) + -etek (second-person plural suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ttetek
- (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
Usage notes
[edit]- (past-tense suffix) Variants:
- -tatok is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -tetek is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -ttatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
- -ttetek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, nyű, sző)
- -ottatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)
- -ettetek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttetek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)