Hungarian

Suffix

-anék

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).

   tanít ‎(“to teach”) → tanítanék ‎(“I would teach”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -nék is added to most verbs (there is no back vowel variant)

  vár ‎(“to wait”) → várnék ‎(“I would wait”)

  -anék is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)

  mond ‎(“to say something”) → mondanék ‎(“I would say something”)

  tanít ‎(“to teach”) → tanítanék ‎(“I would teach”)

  -enék is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  fest ‎(“to paint”) → festenék ‎(“I would paint”)

  segít ‎(“to help”) → segítenék ‎(“I would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes