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Hungarian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Suffix
-nk
- (possessive suffix) our …… (first person plural, single possession)
- autó (“car”) → az autónk (“our car”)
- kutya (“dog”) → a kutyánk (“our dog”)
- érme (“coin”) → az érménk (“our coin”)
- (personal-pronoun suffix) …… of us (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)
- kettő (“two”) → kettőnk (“the two of us”)
Usage notes
- (possessive suffix) Variants:
- -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- (personal-pronoun suffix) Variants:
- -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
- -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
- -ónk a variant of -unk
- -őnk a variant of -ünk
Personal-pronoun suffixes
See also