-enék

See also: enek, ének, and -enek

Hungarian

Etymology

-e- (linking vowel) +‎ -né (conditional suffix) +‎ -k (personal suffix)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɛneːk]

Suffix

-enék

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
    segít (“to help”) → Én segítenék, ha tudnék. - I would help if I could.
  2. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
    segít (“to help”) → Ők segítenék a családot. - They would help the family.
  3. (personal suffix, archaic, only with -ik verbs) Used to form the third-person singular conditional present indefinite. Usually avoided except when the third person is clear.
    Synonym: (current form) -ene

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
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
  • (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -nék is added to most verbs (there is no back-vowel variant in standard Hungarian)
    vár (“to wait”) → várnék (“I would wait”)
    -anék 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”) → mondanék (“I would say something”)
    tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanék (“I would teach”)
    -enék is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    fest (“to paint”) → festenék (“I would paint”)
    segít (“to help”) → segítenék (“I would help”)
    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
(archaic -nók)		 -nénk
(archaic -nők)
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t		 -anánk
(archaic -anók)		 -enénk
(archaic -enők)
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
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
  • (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -nák is added to most back-vowel verbs
    vár (“to wait”) → A szülők azt várnák, hogy a gyerekek tanuljanak. — The parents would expect the children to study.
    -nék is added to most front-vowel verbs
    kér (“to ask”) → A szüleim azt kérnék, hogy hívd fel őket. — My parents would (like to) ask you to call them.
    -anák 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”) → Nem mondanák, ha nem lenne igaz. — They would not say it if it weren’t true.
    tanít (“to teach”) → Ők tanítanák a gyerekeket. — They would teach the children.
    -enék is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    fest (“to paint”) → Ők festenék a házat. — They would paint the house.
    segít (“to help”) → Ők segítenék a családot. — They would help the family.

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