-jétek
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [jeːtɛk]
- Hyphenation: jé‧tek
Suffix
-jétek
- (personal suffix) Used to form the second-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, definite conjugation). The j assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.
- kér (“to ask”) → kérjétek
- Kérjétek barátaitokat, hogy szavazzanak! ― Ask your friends to vote!
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Subjunctive/imperative definite - personal endings
Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | ||||
én | 1st person singular | -jam | -jem | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -d | |||
long form | -jad | -jed | |||
ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | -ja | -je | ||
mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -jétek | ||
ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -ják | -jék | ||
én | 1st person singular subject with 2nd person object | -jalak | -jelek | ||
Verb ending | Assimilation rules of -j | ||||
s, sz, z, dz | The -j assimilates to the verb ending: keres + -j → keress | ||||
st, szt | The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest + -j → fess | ||||
long vowel + t or consonant + t | The -j becomes -s: segít + -j → segíts bont + -j → bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss | ||||
short vowel + t | Both the stem-final -t and the -j becomes -s: mutat + -j → mutass |