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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-jétek
- (personal suffix) Forms the second-person plural present tense of verbs (subjunctive mood, definite conjugation). The j assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.
- kér (“to ask”) + -jétek → kérjétek! (“ask!”)
- Kérjétek barátaitokat, hogy szavazzanak! ― Ask your friends to vote!
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants and the assimilation of j in the table below.
Subjunctive/imperative definite – personal endings
| Person
|
Back
vowel
|
Front
vowel
|
| én
|
1st person singular
|
-jam
|
-jem
|
| te
|
2nd person singular
|
-d
|
| long form
|
-jad
|
-jed
|
ő
maga / ön
|
3rd person singular
|
-ja
|
-je
|
| mi
|
1st person plural
|
-juk
|
-jük
|
| ti
|
2nd person plural
|
-játok
|
-jétek
|
ők
maguk / önök
|
3rd person plural
|
-ják
|
-jék
|
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
|
| Verb ending
|
Assimilation rules of -j
|
s
sz
z
dz
|
The -j assimilates to the verb ending:
keres → keress
metsz → metssz
hoz → hozz
edz → eddz
(No change in the short -d form of 2nd-person
singular definite: keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.)
|
st
szt
|
The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:
fest → fess
fáraszt → fárassz
Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd.
|
long vowel + t
or
consonant + t
|
The -j becomes -s:
segít → segíts
bont → bonts
Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss
Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd.
|
| short vowel + t
|
Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:
mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress
Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd.
|