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Czech
Pronunciation
Suffix
-né n (noun-forming suffix)
- forms nouns referring to fees or charges relating to the base word
- jízda + -né → jízdné
Derived terms
Further reading
- -né in Slovník afixů užívaných v češtině, 2017
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From the earlier né variant of nő (“woman”) or of its possessive form neje (“wife of”).
Suffix
-né
- Mrs, wife of (suffix indicating marriage)
- Kovácsné ― Mrs. Kovács
- király (“king”) + -né → királyné (“queen consort”)
Usage notes
- Kovács Béla + -né → Kovács Béláné (“Mrs. Béla Kovács”)
- Varga + -né → Vargáné (“Mrs. Varga”)
- Kovács Endre + -né → Kovács Endréné (“Mrs. Endre Kovács”)
- Fekete + -né → Feketéné (“Mrs. Fekete”)
- If the name ends in double -n, it requires a hyphen:
- Mann + -né → Mann-né (“Mrs. Mann”)
- Having a neutral vowel, it usually does not affect the vowel harmony of the word when suffixed, normally retaining back-vowel conjugation after back-vowel words, e.g. Jánosnéval, Szabónéval (see also the declension in the entries of the derived common nouns, linked below). Changing to front-vowel suffixes only because of -né is not common.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Suffix
-né
- (personal conditional suffix) Forms the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- kér (“to ask, to request”) + -né → kérné (“he/she would request”)
- Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. ― He would not request it if he did not need it.
Usage notes
Conditional definite – personal endings
- (personal conditional suffix) Variants:
- -ná is added to most back vowel verbs
- vár (“to expect”) + -ná → várná (“he/she would expect”)
- Az ember azt várná egy gyerektől, hogy tanuljon. ― One would expect from a child to study.
- -né is added to most front vowel verbs
- kér (“to ask, to request”) + -né → kérné (“he/she would ask”)
- Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. ― He would not request it if he did not need it.
- -aná 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 something”) + -aná → mondaná (“he/she would say”)
- Nem mondaná, ha nem lenne igaz. ― She would not say it if it weren't true.
- tanít (“to teach”) + -aná → tanítaná (“he/she would teach”)
- Ki tanítaná őt ott angolra? ― Who would teach him there English?
- -ené is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
- fest (“to paint”) + -ené → festené (“he/she would paint”)
- Péter milyen színűre festené ezt a szobát? ― What color would Péter paint this room?
- segít (“to help”) + -ené → segítené (“he/she would help”)
- A város hogyan segítené őket? ― How would the city help them?
See also
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