Hungarian

Suffix

-nia

1. Used to form the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of an infinitive.

   tanulni ‎(“to study”) → Tanulnia kell. - He/she has to study. / You (formal) have to study.

Usage notes

• The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning.

  Itt nem szabad dohányoznia. - He/she is not allowed to smoke here. (third-person)

  Itt nem szabad dohányozni. - Smoking is not allowed here. (general)

• Variants:

  -nia is added to back vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni

  rohanni ‎(“to run”) → rohannia kell ‎(“he/she has to run”)

  -nie is added to front vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni

  nevetni ‎(“to laugh”) → nevetnie kell ‎(“he/she has to laugh”)

  főzni ‎(“to cook”) → főznie kell ‎(“he/she has to cook”)

  -ania is added to back vowel words that form their infinitive with -ani

  tanítani ‎(“to teach”) → tanítania kell ‎(“he/she has to teach”)

  -enie is added to front vowel words that form their infinitive with -eni

  veszíteni ‎(“to lose”) → súlyt kell veszítenie ‎(“he/she has to lose weight”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian infinitive forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes