-hatnék
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of -hat (potential suffix) + -nék (first-person singular conditional suffix), literally: “I could” (do something), as an expression of impulse or desire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [hɒtneːk]
Suffix
-hatnék
- (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to express an impulse or desire.
- sír (“cry, weep”) → sírhatnékja van (“s/he feels like crying”, “s/he has the urge to cry”)
- ír (“write”) → írhatnékuk volt (“they felt like writing”, “they had the urge to write”)
- játszik (“play”) → játszhatnékom volt (“I felt like playing”)
Usage notes
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -hatnék is added to back-vowel verbs.
- -hetnék is added to front-vowel verbs.
- It is usually followed by a possessive suffix (forms given below) and a third-person singular form of the existential verb van (van/volt/lesz/lenne/legyen etc.).
- Another construction is with a verb like elfog, rájön, rátör, or támad (here all mean “overcome”), e.g. elfogja a sírhatnék (“s/he is overcome by the urge to cry”, “s/he feels the need to cry”), rájött a nevethetnék (“s/he was overcome by the need to laugh”, “s/he felt compelled to laugh”), kosarazhatnékja támadt (“s/he felt the need to play basketball”).
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -hatnék | -hatnékok |
| accusative | -hatnékot | -hatnékokat |
| dative | -hatnéknak | -hatnékoknak |
| instrumental | -hatnékkal | -hatnékokkal |
| causal-final | -hatnékért | -hatnékokért |
| translative | -hatnékká | -hatnékokká |
| terminative | -hatnékig | -hatnékokig |
| essive-formal | -hatnékként | -hatnékokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | -hatnékban | -hatnékokban |
| superessive | -hatnékon | -hatnékokon |
| adessive | -hatnéknál | -hatnékoknál |
| illative | -hatnékba | -hatnékokba |
| sublative | -hatnékra | -hatnékokra |
| allative | -hatnékhoz | -hatnékokhoz |
| elative | -hatnékból | -hatnékokból |
| delative | -hatnékról | -hatnékokról |
| ablative | -hatnéktól | -hatnékoktól |
| Possessive forms of -hatnék | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -hatnékom | -hatnékjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | -hatnékod | -hatnékjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | -hatnékja | -hatnékjai |
| 1st person plural | -hatnékunk | -hatnékjaink |
| 2nd person plural | -hatnékotok | -hatnékjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | -hatnékjuk | -hatnékjaik |
or (less frequently)
| Possessive forms of -hatnék | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | -hatnékom | -hatnékaim |
| 2nd person sing. | -hatnékod | -hatnékaid |
| 3rd person sing. | -hatnéka | -hatnékai |
| 1st person plural | -hatnékunk | -hatnékaink |
| 2nd person plural | -hatnékotok | -hatnékaitok |
| 3rd person plural | -hatnékuk | -hatnékaik |
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Further reading
- Hatnékom van (the relevant part starts under the ping pong photo)