-elek
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
From -e (linking vowel) + -lek (personal suffix).
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-elek
- (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).
Usage notes edit
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings
Person (subject) |
Verb ending |
Back vowel | Front vowel | 2nd-person object (informal “you”) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | ||||
én (“I”) |
most types | -lak | -lek | téged | titeket / benneteket |
two consonants or long vowel + t |
-alak | -elek | |||
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes. |