-öttetek

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [øtːɛtɛk]

Suffix

-öttetek

  1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
    ‎köszönt (“to greet”) + ‎-öttetek → ‎köszöntöttetek (“you [pl] (have/had) greeted”)
    Mindig udvariasan köszöntöttetek az utcán. ― You always greeted me politely on the street.
    ‎süt (“to bake”) + ‎-öttetek → ‎sütöttetek (“you [pl] (have/had) baked”)
    Egész nap kenyeret sütöttetek. ― You've been baking bread all day.

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 (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
    -ttetek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, 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)

See also

  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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