-nélek

Hungarian

Etymology

From -né (conditional suffix) +‎ -lek (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [neːlɛk]
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Suffix

-nélek

  1. (personal conditional suffix) Forms the first-person singular present tense of transitive verbs with a second-person object (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
    ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-nélek → ‎kérnélek (“I would ask you”)
    Arra kérnélek, hogy csak itt dohányozz. ― I would like to ask you to smoke only here. (literally, “I would ask you to…”)

Usage notes

  • (personal conditional suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Conditional 2nd-person-object personal endings
Person
(subject)

Verb ending

Back vowel Front vowel 2nd-person object
(informal “you”)
  singular   plural
 én 
(“I”) 		most types -nálak -nélek téged titeket /
benneteket
two consonants
or long vowel + t 		-análak -enélek
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their
plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.

See also

  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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