-aná
Hungarian Edit
Etymology Edit
-a- (linking vowel) + -ná (conditional suffix)
Pronunciation Edit
Suffix Edit
-aná
- (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- tanít (“to teach”) → Ki tanítaná ott őt angolra? - Who would teach him there English?
Usage notes Edit
Conditional definite – personal endings
| Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| én | 1st person singular | -nám | -ném | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anám | -eném | ||
| te | 2nd person singular | -nád | -néd | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anád | -enéd | ||
| ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -ná | -né | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-aná | -ené | ||
| mi | 1st person plural | -nánk (archaic -nók) |
-nénk (archaic -nők) | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anánk (archaic -anók) |
-enénk (archaic -enők) | ||
| ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anátok | -enétek | ||
| ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nák | -nék | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anák | -enék | ||
| See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. | ||||
- (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -ná is added to most back vowel verbs
- vár (“to wait”) → Az ember azt várná egy gyerektől, hogy tanuljon. ― One would expect from a child to study.
- -né is added to most front vowel verbs
- kér (“to ask”) → Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. ― He would not request it if he did not need it.
- -aná is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
- -ené is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
- -ná is added to most back vowel verbs