-ettetek

See also: ettetek, -ettétek, and ettétek

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛtːɛtɛk]

Etymology 1

From -ett (past-tense suffix) + -etek (second-person plural suffix).

Suffix

-ettetek

  1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
    szerkeszt (to edit) + -ettetekszerkesztettetek (you [pl] (have/had) edited)
    vetít (to project) + -ettetekvetítettetek (you [pl] (have/had) projected)
    vet (to sow) + -ettetekvetettetek (you [pl] (have/had) sowed/sown)
Usage notes
  • (past-tense suffix) Variants:
    -tatok is added to most back-vowel verbs
    -tetek is added to most front-vowel verbs
    -ttatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , ó, , , szí)
    -ttetek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , , , nyű, sző)
    -ottatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)
    -ettetek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
    -öttetek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

Etymology 2

From -et (causative suffix) + -t (past-tense suffix) + -etek (second-person plural suffix).

Suffix

-ettetek

  1. (past-tense causative suffix) Forms the second-person plural causative past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation), used with -val/-vel, e.g. vele, velük etc., otherwise coinciding with the above forms.
    fest (to paint) + -ettetekfestettetek (you [pl] had someone paint something)
    megért (to understand) + -ettetekmegértettetek (you [pl] made someone understand something)
Usage notes

Homonymy exists between regular and causative past tense forms of consonant + t types of front-vowel verbs, in all the six persons, both with definite and indefinite endings, except for the third-person singular indefinite form (-ettem, -ettél, –, -ettünk, -ettetek, -ettek; -ettem, -etted, -ette, -ettük, -ettétek, -ették; -ettelek). On the other hand, other types of front-vowel verbs as well as back-vowel verbs take different forms for the regular and the causative past tense (e.g. -ottam and -attam, e.g. ugrottam and ugrattam among similar back-vowel verbs, other front-vowel verb types having clearly distinct forms: kértem vs. kérettem, kerestem vs. kerestettem). However, the -val/-vel argument is compulsory with the causative sense, so it makes the distinction easier (e.g. megértettem velük a különbséget – “I made them understand the difference”).

See also

  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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