minket
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From the personal pronoun mi (“we”) + -nk (first-person plural possessive suffix) + -et (accusative suffix).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
minket
- accusative of mi (“we”): us (as the direct object of a verb)
- Synonym: bennünket
- Meghívtak minket. ― They invited us.
- Láttok minket? ― Can you see us?
Coordinate terms edit
- (singular): engem(et) (“me”) ― (informal) téged(et), (formal) magát, (official) önt (“you”) ― őt (“him/her”);
(plural): minket/bennünket (“us”) ― (infml) titeket/benneteket, (fml) magukat, (off.) önöket (“you all”) ― őket (“them”)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kiss, Jenő and Ferenc Pusztai (eds). Magyar nyelvtörténet (’Hungarian Language History’). Budapest: Osiris, 2003. →ISBN (with remote access at Arcanum’s Szaktárs for members of Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Librarydb and other institutions), p. 214
Further reading edit
- minket , partly redirecting to (1): mi in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN