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Hungarian
Etymology
-ja (possessive suffix) + -i (possessive plural) + -m (first-person singular personal suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-jaim
- (possessive suffix) my ... -s (first-person singular, multiple possessions)
- pad (“bench”) → a padjaim (“my benches”)
- kocsi (“car”) → a kocsijaim (“my cars”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -im is added to words ending in a vowel except -i. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -aim is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -eim is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -jaim is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
- -jeim is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant or the vowel -i
Declension
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