-jük

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See also: juk, Juk, and -juk

Hungarian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

Suffix

-jük

  2. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)
    ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (“their coin”)
Usage notes
  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -uk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    ‎ház (“house”) + ‎-uk → ‎házuk (“their house”)
    -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    ‎gyerek (“child”) + ‎-ük → ‎gyerekük (“their child”)
    -juk is added to back-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    ‎kar (“arm”) + ‎-juk → ‎karjuk (“their arms”)
    ‎hajó (“ship”) + ‎-juk → ‎hajójuk (“their ship”)
    ‎alma (“apple”) + ‎-juk → ‎almájuk (“their apple”)
    -jük is added to front-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)
    ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (“their coin”)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -jük —
accusative -jüket —
dative -jüknek —
instrumental -jükkel —
causal-final -jükért —
translative -jükké —
terminative -jükig —
essive-formal -jükként —
essive-modal -jükül —
inessive -jükben —
superessive -jükön —
adessive -jüknél —
illative -jükbe —
sublative -jükre —
allative -jükhöz —
elative -jükből —
delative -jükről —
ablative -jüktől —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		-jüké —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		-jükéi —

Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

Suffix

-jük

  2. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative and subjunctive mood, definite conjugation). The -j- assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.
    ‎szeret (“to love”) + ‎-jük → ‎szeretjük (“we love ”)
    ‎keres (“to seek”) + ‎-jük → ‎keressük (“we seek something, we are seeking ”)
Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants and the assimilation of j in the tables below.
    Present tense definite – personal endings
Person Back vowel Front vowel
unrounded   rounded  
én 1st person singular -om -em -öm
te 2nd person singular -od -ed -öd
ő
maga
ön 		3rd person singular or
formal 2nd person singular 		-ja -i
mi 1st person plural -juk -jük
ti 2nd person plural -játok -itek
ők
maguk
önök 		3rd person plural or
formal 2nd person plural 		-ják -ik
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
    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.

See also

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia