-ná

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naː]

Suffix

-ná

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).

   olvas (“to read”) → Ki olvasná ezt a könyvet? - Who would read this book?

Usage notes

    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, to expect”) → 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, to request”) → 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)

  mond (“to say something”) → Nem mondaná, ha nem lenne igaz. ― She would not say it if it weren't true.

  tanít (“to teach”) → Ki tanítaná őt angolra? ― Who would teach him there English?

  -ené is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  fest (“to paint”) → Péter milyen színűre festené ezt a szobát? ― What color would Péter paint this room?

  segít (“to help”) → A város hogyan segítené őket? ― How would the city help them?

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes