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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-jad
- (personal suffix) Forms the second-person singular subjunctive of verbs (definite conjugation).
- vár (“to wait”) → Azt mondta, hogy itt várjad. ― He said you should wait for him here.
Usage notes
- The short form is used more frequently: várjad ― várd
- See harmonic variants in the table below.
Subjunctive/imperative definite – personal endings
Person
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Back vowel
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Front vowel
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én
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1st person singular
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-jam
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-jem
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te
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2nd person singular
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-d
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long form
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-jad
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-jed
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ő maga / ön
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3rd person singular
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-ja
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-je
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mi
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1st person plural
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-juk
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-jük
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ti
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2nd person plural
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-játok
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-jétek
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ők maguk / önök
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3rd person plural
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-ják
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-jék
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See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
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Verb ending
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Assimilation rules of -j
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s sz z dz
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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.)
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st szt
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The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest → fess fáraszt → fárassz Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd.
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long vowel + t or consonant + t
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The -j becomes -s: segít → segíts bont → bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd.
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short vowel + t
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Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s: mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd.
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See also
Polish
Etymology
Deverbal of jeść (“to eat”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: jad
Suffix
-jad m
- -eater, -vore
- Synonym: -żerca
- rak + -jad → rakojad
Declension
Impersonal animate nouns:
Personal nouns:
Derived terms
Further reading
- -jad in Polish dictionaries at PWN