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-nék
-nék
Hungarian
Suffix
-nék
- (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
- olvas (“to read”) → Ma csak könyveket olvasnék. - Today I would read only books.
- (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- kér (“to ask”) → Ők azt kérnék, hogy hívd fel őket. - They would ask you to call them.
Usage notes
Conditional indefinite - personal endings
Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | |||
én | 1st person singular | -nék | ||
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anék | -enék | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -nál | -nél | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anál | -enél | ||
ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -na | -ne | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -ana | -ene | ||
mi | 1st person plural | -nánk | -nénk | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anánk | -enénk | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anátok | -enétek | ||
ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nának | -nének | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anának | -enének |
- (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
Conditional definite - personal endings
Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | |||
én | 1st person singular | -nám | -ném | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anám | -eném | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -nád | -néd | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anád | -enéd | ||
ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -ná | -né | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -aná | -ené | ||
mi | 1st person plural | -nánk | -nénk | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anánk | -enénk | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anátok | -enétek | ||
ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nák | -nék | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anák | -enék | ||
én | 1st person singular subject with 2nd person object |
-nálak | -nélek | |
after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -análak | -enélek |
- (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -nák is added to most back vowel verbs
- vár (“to wait”) → A szülők azt várnák, hogy a gyerekek tanuljanak.- The parents would expect the children to study.
- -nék is added to most front vowel verbs
- kér (“to ask”) → A szüleim azt kérnék, hogy hívd fel őket. - My parents would like to ask you to call them.
- -anák is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
- -enék is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
- -nák is added to most back vowel verbs
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes