-etek

-etek

See also: etek

Hungarian

Etymology

-e- +‎ -tek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛtɛk]

Suffix

-etek

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

   fest (“to paint”) → festetek (“you paint, you are painting”)

2. (possessive suffix) your (second-person plural informal, single possession)

   kert (“garden”) → a kertetek (“your garden”)

Usage notes

    Present tense indefinite - personal endings

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

• (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 front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ötök is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes