-jalak
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-jalak
- (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular subjunctive present of transitive verbs with a second-person object.
- hív (“to call”) → Hívjalak holnap? ― Should I call you tomorrow?
Usage notes edit
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Subjunctive/imperative 2nd-person-object personal endings
| Person (subject) |
Back vowel | Front vowel | 2nd-person object (informal “you”) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| én (“I”) |
-jalak | -jelek | téged | titeket / benneteket | |
| When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes. | |||||
| Verb ending | Assimilation rules of -j | ||||
| s sz z dz |
The -j assimilates to the verb ending: keres → keresselek metsz → metsszelek hoz → hozzalak edz → eddzelek | ||||
| st szt |
The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest → fesselek fáraszt → fárasszalak | ||||
| long vowel + t or consonant + t |
The -j becomes -s: segít → segítselek bont → bontsalak Exceptions: bocsát → bocsássalak, lát → lássalak | ||||
| short vowel + t | Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s: mutat → mutassalak, szeret → szeresselek | ||||