-nánk

-nánk

Hungarian

Etymology

-ná (conditional suffix) +‎ -nk (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːŋk]

Suffix

-nánk

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite and definite conjugation).

   olvas (“to read”) → olvasnánk (“we would read”)

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

    Conditional definite - personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nám	-ném
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anám	-eném
te	2nd person singular	-nád	-néd
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anád	-enéd
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-ná	-né
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-aná	-ené
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	-nák	-nék
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anák	-enék
én	1st person singular subject with 2nd person object	-nálak	-nélek
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-análak	-enélek

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -nánk is added to most back vowel verbs

  vár (“to wait”) → várnánk (“we would wait”)

  -nénk is added to most front vowel verbs

  kér (“to ask”) → kérnénk (“we would ask”)

  -anánk 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”) → mondanánk (“we would say something”)

  tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanánk (“we would teach”)

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

  fest (“to paint”) → festenénk (“we would paint”)

  segít (“to help”) → segítenénk (“we would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes