-nád

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "nad"

Hungarian

Etymology

From -ná (conditional suffix) +‎ -d (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-nád

  1. (personal conditional suffix) Forms the second-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
    ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-nád → ‎olvasnád (“you would read it”)

Usage notes

    Conditional definite – personal endings
Person Back
     vowel      		Front vowel
unrounded   rounded  
én 1st person singular -nám -ném
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t 		-anám -eném
te 2nd person singular -nád -néd
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t 		-anád -enéd
ő
maga
ön 		3rd person singular -ná -né
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t 		-aná -ené
mi 1st person plural -nánk
(archaic -nók) 		-nénk
(archaic -nők)
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t 		-anánk
(archaic -anók) 		-enénk
(archaic -enők)
ti 2nd person plural -nátok -nétek
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t 		-anátok -enétek
ők
maguk
önök 		3rd person plural -nák -nék
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t 		-anák -enék
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and
second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
  • (personal conditional suffix) Variants:
    -nád is added to most back-vowel verbs
    ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-nád → ‎várnád (“you would wait”)
    -néd is added to most front-vowel verbs
    ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-néd → ‎kérnéd (“you would ask”)
    -anád is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
    ‎mond (“to say”) + ‎-anád → ‎mondanád (“you would say”)
    ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-anád → ‎tanítanád (“you would teach”)
    -enéd is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-enéd → ‎festenéd (“you would paint”)
    ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-enéd → ‎segítenéd (“you would help”)

See also

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