-anám
See also: anam, ănam, and -anam
Hungarian
Etymology
-a- (linking vowel) + -ná (conditional suffix) + -m (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɒnaːm]
Suffix
-anám
- (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanám (“I would teach”)
Usage notes
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:
- -nám is added to most back vowel verbs
- vár (“to wait”) → várnám (“I would wait”)
- -ném is added to most front vowel verbs
- kér (“to ask”) → kérném (“I would ask”)
- -anám 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”) → mondanám (“I would say”)
- tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanám (“I would teach”)
- -eném is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
- fest (“to paint”) → festeném (“I would paint”)
- segít (“to help”) → segíteném (“I would help”)
- -nám is added to most back vowel verbs
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes