-ttam
Hungarian
Etymology
-tt (past tense suffix) + -am (first-person singular suffix)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tːɒm]
Suffix
-ttam
- (past tense suffix) Used to form the first-person singular past tense of verbs (indefinite and definite conjugations).
- ró (“to cut a notch in something”) → Az utcákat róttam. (“I was walking the streets.”)
Usage notes
- (past tense suffix) Variants:
- -tam is added to most back vowel verbs
- -tem is added to most front vowel verbs
- -ttam is added to back vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
- -ttem is added to front vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, nyű, sző)
- -ottam is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)
- -ettem is added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttem 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