Hungarian

Suffix

-tad

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the second-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugations).

   olvas ‎(“to read”) → olvastad ‎(“you read, you have read, you had read”)

Usage notes

• (past tense suffix) Variants:

  -tad is added to most back vowel verbs

  -ted is added to most front vowel verbs

  -ttad is added to back vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -tted is added to front vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)

  -ottad is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -etted is added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -ötted is added to rounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes