-né
See also: né- and Appendix:Variations of "ne"
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈnɛː]
Suffix
-né n
Derived terms
Czech terms suffixed with -né
Further reading
- -né in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [neː]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -neː
Etymology 1
From the earlier né variant of nő (“woman”) or of its possessive form neje (“wife of”).[1]
Suffix
-né
Usage notes
- Final a changes to á:
- Kovács Béla → Kovács Béláné (Mrs. Béla Kovács)
- Final e changes to é:
- Kovács Endre → Kovács Endréné (Mrs. Endre Kovács)
- If the name ends in double -n, it requires a hyphen:
- Mann-né ― Mrs. Mann
Derived terms
Hungarian terms suffixed with -né
Suffix
-né
- (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- kér (“to ask, to request”) → Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. ― He would not request it if he did not need it.
Usage notes
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:
- -ná is added to most back vowel verbs
- vár (“to wait, to expect”) → Az ember azt várná egy gyerektől, hogy tanuljon. ― One would expect from a child to study.
- -né is added to most front vowel verbs
- kér (“to ask, to request”) → Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. ― He would not request it if he did not need it.
- -aná is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
- -ené is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
- -ná is added to most back vowel verbs
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- -né in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
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