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Hungarian
Alternative forms
- -niök (dialectal or archaic)
Etymology
From -ni (infinitive suffix) + -ük (third-person plural personal suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-niük
- (conjugated infinitive suffix) Forms the third-person plural of a conjugated infinitive.
- beszélni (“to talk”) → Beszélniük kell velem. ― They need to talk with me.
Usage notes
- The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning:
- Itt nem szabad dohányozniuk. ― They/you are not allowed to smoke here. (third-person plural or formal)
- Itt nem szabad dohányozni. ― Smoking is not allowed here. (general)
- With words like “important, necessary” etc., it is expressed in English as “for them/you to…”.
- Nekik fontos eljönniük. ― It is important for them to come here. or It is important that they come.
- Önöknek fontos eljönniük. ― It is important for you to come here. or It is important that you come.
- Variants:
- -niuk is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- rohanni (“to run”) → Rohanniuk kell. ― They have to run.
- -niük is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- nevetni (“to laugh”) → Nevetniük kell. ― They have to laugh.
- főzni (“to cook”) → Főzniük kell. ― They have to cook.
- -aniuk is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ani
- tanítani (“to teach”) → Tanítaniuk kell. ― They have to teach.
- -eniük is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -eni
- veszíteni (“to lose”) → Súlyt kell veszíteniük. ― They have to lose weight.
- -niok is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- rohanni (“to run”) → Rohanniok kell. ― They have to run.
- -niök is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- nevetni (“to laugh”) → Nevetniök kell. ― They have to laugh.
Conjugated infinitive – personal endings
See also