-ttalak
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tːɒlɒk]
Suffix
-ttalak
- (past tense suffix) Used to form the first-person singular past tense of verbs with second-person object (definite conjugations).
- hí (“to call”) → híttalak (“I called you”)
Usage notes
- (past tense suffix) Variants:
- -talak is added to most back vowel verbs
- -telek is added to most front vowel verbs
- -ttalak is added to back vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
- -ttelek is added to front vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)
- -ottalak is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
- -ettelek is added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttelek is added to rounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes