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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-jalak
- (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular subjunctive present of transitive verbs with a second-person object.
- hív (“to call”) → Hívjalak holnap? ― Should I call you tomorrow?
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Subjunctive/imperative 2nd-person-object personal endings
Person
(subject)
|
Back vowel
|
Front vowel
|
2nd-person object
(informal “you”)
|
| singular
|
plural
|
én
(“I”)
|
-jalak
|
-jelek
|
téged
|
titeket /
benneteket
|
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their
plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.
|
| Verb ending
|
Assimilation rules of -j
|
s
sz
z
dz
|
The -j assimilates to the verb ending:
keres → keresselek
metsz → metsszelek
hoz → hozzalak
edz → eddzelek
|
st
szt
|
The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:
fest → fesselek
fáraszt → fárasszalak
|
long vowel + t
or
consonant + t
|
The -j becomes -s:
segít → segítselek
bont → bontsalak
Exceptions: bocsát → bocsássalak, lát → lássalak
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| short vowel + t
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Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:
mutat → mutassalak, szeret → szeresselek
|
See also