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-tat
-tat
Hungarian
Suffix
-tat
- (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.
- olvas (“to read”) → olvastat (“to make someone read something”)
Conjugation
conjugation of -tat
| Infinitive | -tatni | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Past participle | -tatott | |||||||
| Present participle | -tató | |||||||
| Future participle | -tatandó | |||||||
| Adverbial participle | -tatva | |||||||
| Potential | -tathat | |||||||
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal | 3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal | 3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal |
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| Indicative Mood | Present | Indefinite | -tatok | -tatsz | -tat | -tatunk | -tattok | -tatnak |
| Definite | -tatom én téged/titeket -tatlak |
-tatod | -tatja | -tatjuk | -tatjátok | -tatják | ||
| Past | Indefinite | -tattam | -tattál | -tatott | -tattunk | -tattatok | -tattak | |
| Definite | -tattam én téged/titeket -tattalak |
-tattad | -tatta | -tattuk | -tattátok | -tatták | ||
| Conditional Mood | Present | Indefinite | -tatnék | -tatnál | -tatna | -tatnánk | -tatnátok | -tatnának |
| Definite | -tatnám én téged/titeket -tatnálak |
-tatnád | -tatná | -tatnánk | -tatnátok | -tatnák | ||
| Subjunctive Mood | Present | Indefinite | -tassak | -tass or -tassál |
-tasson | -tassunk | -tassatok | -tassanak |
| Definite | -tassam én téged/titeket -tassalak |
-tasd or -tassad |
-tassa | -tassuk | -tassátok | -tassák | ||
| Conjugated Infinitive | -tatnom | -tatnod | -tatnia | -tatnunk | -tatnotok | -tatniuk | ||
Usage notes
- (causative suffix) Variants:
- -at is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -et is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -tat is added to back vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- tisztít (“to clean”) → tisztíttat (“to have someone clean”)
- -tet is added to front vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- keres (“to look for”) → kerestet (“to have someone look for”)
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Hungarian_verbs_suffixed_with_-tat'>Hungarian verbs suffixed with -tat</a>
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes