-ottak

Hungarian

Etymology

-ott (past tense suffix) +‎ -ak (third-person plural suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [otːɒk]

Suffix

-ottak

  1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugations).
    sóhajt (“to sigh”) → sóhajtottak (“they sighed”)
    javít (“to correct”) → javítottak (“they corrected”)
    nyit (“to open”) → nyitottak (“they opened”)

Usage notes

  • (past-tense suffix) Variants:
    -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs
    -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs
    -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
    -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
    -ottak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
    -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
    -öttek 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
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