-etek

See also: etek and étek

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛtɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From -e- +‎ -tek.

Suffix

-etek

2. (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?

4. (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

2. (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