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Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-otta
- (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).
- sóhajt (“to sigh”) + -otta → sóhajtotta (“he/she (has/had) sighed”)
- javít (“to correct”) + -otta → javította (“he/she (has/had) corrected”)
- nyit (“to open”) + -otta → nyitotta (“he/she (has/had) opened”)
- (verbal-participle suffix) Forms the verbal participle of verbs, always following the agent noun.
- borít (“to cover”) → [hó] borította [táj] (“ covered by ”, literally “snow-covered landscape”)
Usage notes
- (past-tense and verbal-participle suffix) Variants:
- -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -tta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
- -tte is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
- -otta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
- -ette is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -ötte is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)
- -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)
- -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)
See also
Further reading
Italian
Suffix
-otta f
- feminine of -otto
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