-öttetek
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -ött (past-tense suffix) + -etek (second-person plural suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-öttetek
- (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
- köszönt (“to greet”) + -öttetek → köszöntöttetek (“you [pl] (have/had) greeted”)
- Mindig udvariasan köszöntöttetek az utcán. ― You always greeted me politely on the street.
- süt (“to bake”) + -öttetek → sütöttetek (“you [pl] (have/had) baked”)
- Egész nap kenyeret sütöttetek. ― You've been baking bread all day.
Usage notes edit
- (past-tense suffix) Variants:
- -tatok is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -tetek is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -ttatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
- -ttetek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, nyű, sző)
- -ottatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)
- -ettetek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttetek 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)