ők
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ok"
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editPronoun
editők
- they (a group of people previously mentioned)
- (only in inflected forms, in unstressed position) they (a group of animals, plants, or things previously mentioned)
- Synonym: (in stressed position or in the nominative) azok
- Hol vannak a tollaim? Sehol sem találom őket. ― Where are my pens? I can’t find them anywhere.
Declension
edit| nominative | ők |
|---|---|
| accusative | őket |
| dative | nekik |
| instrumental | velük |
| causal-final | értük |
| inessive | bennük |
| superessive | rajtuk |
| adessive | náluk |
| illative | beléjük |
| sublative | rájuk |
| allative | hozzájuk |
| elative | belőlük |
| delative | róluk |
| ablative | tőlük |
Coordinate terms
edit| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | én | mi | |
| 2nd person | familiar | te | ti |
| polite, unfamiliar | maga | maguk | |
| formal | ön | önök | |
| 3rd person | ő | ők | |
Derived terms
editNote that derived forms of ők use only “ő” as the first component; it is only the ending that marks the plural form (e.g. őalattuk (“under them”) as opposed to őalatta (“under him/her”), or ővelük (“with them”) as opposed to ővele (“with him/her”)). In all these forms, ő is optional and only serves for emphasis.
- őalattuk, őáltaluk, őelőttük etc. (ő[k] + a postposition with the third-person plural personal suffix; see Appendix:Hungarian postpositions)
- őnekik, ővelük, őhozzájuk etc. (ő[k] + one of the declined forms listed in the chart above; see Appendix:Hungarian pronouns)
Further reading
edit- (2): ő in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.