-enie
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-enie
- Used to form the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of an infinitive.
- veszíteni (“to lose”) → Súlyt kell veszítenie. - He/she has to lose weight. / You (formal) have to lose weight.
Usage notesEdit
- The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning.
- Itt nem szabad dohányoznia. (“S/he is not allowed to smoke here. (third person)”)
- Itt nem szabad dohányozni. (“Smoking is not allowed here. (general)”)
- With words like “important, necessary” etc., it is expressed in English as “for him/her to…”.
- Fontos eljönnie. (“It is important for him/her to come here. or It is important that s/he come here.”)
- Variants:
- -nia is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- rohanni (“to run”) → rohannia kell (“he/she has to run”)
- -nie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- nevetni (“to laugh”) → nevetnie kell (“he/she has to laugh”)
- főzni (“to cook”) → főznie kell (“he/she has to cook”)
- -ania is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ani
- tanítani (“to teach”) → tanítania kell (“he/she has to teach”)
- -enie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -eni
- veszíteni (“to lose”) → súlyt kell veszítenie (“he/she has to lose weight”)
- -nia is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
See alsoEdit
Old PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-nьje.
SuffixEdit
-enie
- forms verbal nouns
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Polish: -enie
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Old Polish -enie, from Proto-Slavic *-nьje.
PronunciationEdit
SuffixEdit
-enie n
- Forms gerunds, usually from verbs ending with -ić
- wybawić + -enie → wybawienie
DeclensionEdit
Declension of -enie