-hatnék

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Hungarian

Etymology

Lexicalization of -hat (potential suffix) +‎ -nék (first-person singular conditional suffix), literally: “I could” (do something), as an expression of impulse or desire.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-hatnék

  1. (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to express an impulse or desire.
    sír (cry, weep)sírhatnékja van (“s/he feels like crying”, “s/he has the urge to cry”)
    ír (write)írhatnékuk volt (“they felt like writing”, “they had the urge to write”)
    játszik (play)játszhatnékom volt (“I felt like playing”)

Usage notes

  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -hatnék is added to back-vowel verbs.
    -hetnék is added to front-vowel verbs.
  • It is usually followed by a possessive suffix (forms given below) and a third-person singular form of the existential verb van (van/volt/lesz/lenne/legyen etc.), shown in the examples above, or támad (to arise, crop up), e.g. kosarazhatnékja támadt (s/he felt the need to play basketball), where the affected person is the possessive.
  • Another construction is with a verb like elfog, rájön, or rátör (here all mean “to overcome”), e.g. elfogja a sírhatnék (s/he is overcome by the urge to cry, s/he feels the need to cry), rájött a nevethetnék (s/he was overcome by the need to laugh, s/he felt compelled to laugh), where the affected person is either an object or a sublative argument required by the prefix rá- (both may be implicit if it's clear from the context).

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -hatnék -hatnékok
accusative -hatnékot -hatnékokat
dative -hatnéknak -hatnékoknak
instrumental -hatnékkal -hatnékokkal
causal-final -hatnékért -hatnékokért
translative -hatnékká -hatnékokká
terminative -hatnékig -hatnékokig
essive-formal -hatnékként -hatnékokként
essive-modal
inessive -hatnékban -hatnékokban
superessive -hatnékon -hatnékokon
adessive -hatnéknál -hatnékoknál
illative -hatnékba -hatnékokba
sublative -hatnékra -hatnékokra
allative -hatnékhoz -hatnékokhoz
elative -hatnékból -hatnékokból
delative -hatnékról -hatnékokról
ablative -hatnéktól -hatnékoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-hatnéké -hatnékoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-hatnékéi -hatnékokéi
Possessive forms of -hatnék
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. -hatnékom -hatnékaim, -hatnékjaim
2nd person sing. -hatnékod -hatnékaid, -hatnékjaid
3rd person sing. -hatnéka, -hatnékja -hatnékai, -hatnékjai
1st person plural -hatnékunk -hatnékaink, -hatnékjaink
2nd person plural -hatnékotok -hatnékaitok, -hatnékjaitok
3rd person plural -hatnékuk, -hatnékjuk -hatnékaik, -hatnékjaik

See also

Further reading

  • Hatnékom van (the relevant part starts under the ping pong photo)