-ünk
See also: unk, -unk, and unk.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [yŋk]
Suffix
-ünk
- (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
- beszél (“to speak”) → beszélünk (“we speak, we are speaking”)
- (possessive suffix) our (first-person plural, single possession)
- kert (“garden”) → a kertünk (“our garden”)
Usage notes
Present tense indefinite - personal endings
| Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| én | 1st person singular | -ok | -ek | -ök |
| -ik verbs (optional) | -om | -em | -öm | |
| te | 2nd person singular | -sz | ||
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -asz | -esz | ||
| after s, sz, z, dz | -ol | -el | -öl | |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | – | ||
| -ik verbs | -ik | |||
| mi | 1st person plural | -unk | -ünk | |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -tok | -tek | -tök |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -otok | -etek | -ötök | |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -nak | -nek | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anak | -enek | ||
- (personal suffix) Variants:
- -unk is added to back vowel verbs
- -ünk is added to front vowel verbs
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -unk is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ünk is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
Declension
(possessive suffix):
| Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | -ünk | — |
| accusative | -ünket | — |
| dative | -ünknek | — |
| instrumental | -ünkkel | — |
| causal-final | -ünkért | — |
| translative | -ünkké | — |
| terminative | -ünkig | — |
| essive-formal | -ünkként | — |
| essive-modal | -ünkül | — |
| inessive | -ünkben | — |
| superessive | -ünkön | — |
| adessive | -ünknél | — |
| illative | -ünkbe | — |
| sublative | -ünkre | — |
| allative | -ünkhöz | — |
| elative | -ünkből | — |
| delative | -ünkről | — |
| ablative | -ünktől | — |
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes