-ottak
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -ott (past-tense suffix) + -ak (third-person plural suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ottak
- (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
- sóhajt (“to sigh”) + -ottak → sóhajtottak (“they sighed”)
- A rossz hír hallatán a szomszédok csak sóhajtottak. ― Hearing the bad news, the neighbors just sighed.
- javít (“to improve”) + -ottak → javítottak (“they improved on something”)
- Sokat javítottak a tavalyi eredményeiken. ― They improved a lot on their results from last year.
- nyit (“to open”) + -ottak → nyitottak (“they opened”)
- Új üzletet nyitottak a városban. ― They opened a new store in town.
Usage notes edit
- (past-tense suffix) Variants:
- -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
- -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
- -ottak 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)
- -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttek 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)