tiszteletem

Hungarian

Etymology

tisztelet (“respect”) +‎ -em (“my”, possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtistɛlɛtɛm]
  • Hyphenation: tisz‧te‧le‧tem

Interjection

tiszteletem

  1. hello (see usage notes)

Usage notes

Used by men towards older men with whom they are acquainted, for instance an elderly coworker, or one's father-in-law. In situations like these, it is a very polite form of greeting, since it conveys a greater degree of both affection and respect (literally) than the more formal and distant jó napot kívánok.

Noun

tiszteletem

  1. first-person singular (single possession) possessive of tisztelet

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative tiszteletem —
accusative tiszteletemet —
dative tiszteletemnek —
instrumental tiszteletemmel —
causal-final tiszteletemért —
translative tiszteletemmé —
terminative tiszteletemig —
essive-formal tiszteletemként —
essive-modal tiszteletemül —
inessive tiszteletemben —
superessive tiszteletemen —
adessive tiszteletemnél —
illative tiszteletembe —
sublative tiszteletemre —
allative tiszteletemhez —
elative tiszteletemből —
delative tiszteletemről —
ablative tiszteletemtől —
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