-nk

See also: NK, nK, nk., and nk

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ŋk]

Suffix

-nk

  1. (possessive suffix) our …… (first person plural, single possession)
    autó (“car”) → az autónk (“our car”)
    kutya (“dog”) → a kutyánk (“our dog”)
    érme (“coin”) → az érménk (“our coin”)
  2. (personal-pronoun suffix) …… of us (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)
    kettő (“two”) → kettőnk (“the two of us”)

Usage notes
  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    Possessive suffixes
Person Single possession Plural possession
én 1st person singular -m/-om/-am/-em/-öm -im/-aim/-eim/-jaim/-jeim
te 2nd person singular -d/-od/-ad/-ed/-öd -id/-aid/-eid/-jaid/-jeid
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -a/-e/-ja/-je -i/-ai/-ei/-jai/-jei
mi 1st person plural -nk/-unk/-ünk -ink/-aink/-eink/-jaink/-jeink
ti 2nd person plural -tok/-tek/-tök/-otok/-atok/-etek/-ötök -itok/-itek/-aitok/-eitek/-jaitok/-jeitek
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -uk/-ük/-juk/-jük -ik/-aik/-eik/-jaik/-jeik
  • (personal-pronoun suffix) Variants:
    Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ónk a variant of -unk
    -őnk a variant of -ünk
    Personal-pronoun suffixes
Person Suffixes
én 1st person singular –
te 2nd person singular –
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -a/-e/-ja/-je
mi 1st person plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)/-unk/-ünk/-ónk/-őnk
ti 2nd person plural -tok/-tek/-tök/-otok/-atok/-etek/-ötök/-ótok/-őtök
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -uk/-ük/-juk/-jük/-ójuk/-őjük

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