-enél

-enél

Hungarian

Etymology

-e- (linking vowel) +‎ -né (conditional suffix) +‎ -l (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛneːl]

Suffix

-enél

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the second-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).

   segít (“to help”) → segítenél (“you would help”)

Usage notes

    Conditional indefinite - personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nék
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anék	-enék
te	2nd person singular	-nál	-nél
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anál	-enél
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-na	-ne
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-ana	-ene
mi	1st person plural	-nánk	-nénk
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anánk	-enénk
ti	2nd person plural	-nátok	-nétek
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anátok	-enétek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nának	-nének
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anának	-enének

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -nál is added to most back vowel verbs

  vár (“to wait”) → várnál (“you would wait”)

  -nél is added to most front vowel verbs

  kér (“to ask”) → kérnél (“you would ask”)

  -anál is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)

  mond (“to say something”) → mondanál (“you would say something”)

  tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanál (“you would teach”)

  -enél is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  fest (“to paint”) → festenél (“you would paint”)

  segít (“to help”) → segítenél (“you would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes