-nénk

Hungarian

Etymology

-né (conditional suffix) +‎ -nk (personal suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [neːŋk]

Suffix

-nénk

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite and definite conjugation).
    kér (“to ask”) → kérnénk (“we would ask”)

Usage notes
    Conditional indefinite - personal endings
Person Back vowel Front vowel
unrounded rounded
én 1st person singular -nék
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anék -enék
te 2nd person singular -nál -nél
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anál -enél
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -na -ne
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -ana -ene
mi 1st person plural -nánk -nénk
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anánk -enénk
ti 2nd person plural -nátok -nétek
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anátok -enétek
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -nának -nének
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anának -enének
    Conditional definite - personal endings
Person Back vowel Front vowel
unrounded rounded
én 1st person singular -nám -ném
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anám -eném
te 2nd person singular -nád -néd
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anád -enéd
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular -ná -né
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -aná -ené
mi 1st person plural -nánk -nénk
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anánk -enénk
ti 2nd person plural -nátok -nétek
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anátok -enétek
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural -nák -nék
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -anák -enék
én 1st person singular subject with
2nd person object		 -nálak -nélek
after two consonants or a long vowel + t -análak -enélek
  • (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -nánk is added to most back vowel verbs
    vár (“to wait”) → várnánk (“we would wait”)
    -nénk is added to most front vowel verbs
    kér (“to ask”) → kérnénk (“we would ask”)
    -anánk is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
    mond (“to say something”) → mondanánk (“we would say something”)
    tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanánk (“we would teach”)
    -enénk is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    fest (“to paint”) → festenénk (“we would paint”)
    segít (“to help”) → segítenénk (“we would help”)

See also
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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