-etek

See also: etek and étek

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛtɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From -e- +‎ -tek.

Suffix

-etek

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the second-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
    ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-etek → ‎festetek (“you [pl] paint, you are painting”)
    Most éppen milyen képet festetek? ― What kind of picture are you painting right now?
  2. (possessive suffix) your (second-person plural informal, single possession)
    ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-etek → ‎kertetek (“your garden”)
    Milyen gyönyörű a kertetek! ― How beautiful your garden is!
Usage notes
    Present tense indefinite – personal suffixes
Person Back
    vowel    		 Front vowel
unrounded   rounded  
én 1st person singular -ok -ek -ök
-ik verbs (optional) -om -em -öm
te 2nd person singular -sz
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -asz -esz
after s, sz, z, dz -ol -el -öl
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular –
-ik verbs -ik
mi 1st person plural -unk -ünk
ti 2nd person plural -tok -tek -tök
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -otok -etek -ötök
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -nak -nek
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anak -enek
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
  • (personal suffix) Variants:
    -tok is added to back-vowel verbs
    -tek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
    -tök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
    -otok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
    -etek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
    -ötök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -tok is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -tek is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -tök is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a vowel
    -otok is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -atok is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -etek is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ötök is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

Etymology 2

From -et +‎ -ek.

Suffix

-etek

  1. (causative suffix) Forms the first-person singular present tense causative of verbs (indefinite conjugations). Variants: -tatok, -tetek, -atok.

See also
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
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