-nélek
Hungarian
Etymology
-né (conditional suffix) + -lek (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [neːlɛk]
- Rhymes: -ɛk
Suffix
-nélek
- (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of transitive verbs with a second-person object (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- Arra kérnélek, hogy csak itt dohányozz. ― I would like to ask you to smoke only here. (literally, “I would ask you to…”) (from kér (“to ask”))
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Conditional 2nd-person-object personal endings
| Person (subject) | Verb ending | Back vowel | Front vowel | 2nd-person object (informal “you”) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| én (“I”) | most types | -nálak | -nélek | téged | titeket / benneteket |
| two consonants or long vowel + t | -análak | -enélek | |||
| When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes. | |||||
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes