-etek
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Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-etek
- (personal suffix) Forms the second-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
- (possessive suffix) your (second-person plural informal, single possession)
Usage notes
[edit] Present tense indefinite – personal suffixes
| Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| én | 1st person singular | -ok | -ek | -ök |
| -ik verbs (optional) | -om | -em | -öm | |
| te | 2nd person singular | -sz | ||
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -asz | -esz | ||
| after s, sz, z, dz | -ol | -el | -öl | |
| ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | – | ||
| -ik verbs | -ik | |||
| mi | 1st person plural | -unk | -ünk | |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -tok | -tek | -tök |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -otok | -etek | -ötök | |
| ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nak | -nek | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anak | -enek | ||
| See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. | ||||
- (personal suffix) Variants:
- -tok is added to back-vowel verbs
- -tek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
- -tök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
- -otok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
- -etek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
- -ötök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -tok is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
- -tek is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -tök is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a vowel
- -otok is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -atok is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -etek is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ötök is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant
Etymology 2
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-etek
- (causative suffix) Forms the first-person singular present tense causative of verbs (indefinite conjugations). Variants: -tatok, -tetek, -atok.