-ttatok

Hungarian

Etymology

From -tt (past-tense suffix) +‎ -atok (second-person plural suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tːɒtok]

Suffix

-ttatok

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).

   ‎ró (“to impose”) + ‎-ttatok → ‎róttatok (“you (all have/had) imposed”)

   Nagy feladatot róttatok rájuk. ― You (all) imposed a great task on them.

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