-unk

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See also: unk, unk., and -ünk

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *-mVk (our one possession) or Proto-Uralic *-n-mVk (our multiple possessions). Cognate with Moksha -нк (-nk, our one or multiple possessions).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-unk

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
    tanul (to study) + ‎-unk → ‎tanulunk (we study, we are studying)
  2. (possessive suffix) our (first-person plural, single possession)
    ház (house) + ‎-unk → ‎házunk (our house)
  3. (personal-pronoun suffix) of us (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)
    három (three) + ‎-unk → ‎hármunk (the three of us)
    másik (other) + ‎-unk → ‎másikunk (the other (of us))
    Az egyikünk nappal alszik, a másikunk éjszaka.One of us sleeps during the day, the other at night.

Usage notes

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  • (personal suffix) Variants:
    -unk is added to back-vowel verbs
    -ünk is added to front-vowel verbs
  • (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

Declension

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(possessive suffix and personal-pronoun suffix):

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative -unk
accusative -unkat
dative -unknak
instrumental -unkkal
causal-final -unkért
translative -unkká
terminative -unkig
essive-formal -unkként
essive-modal -unkul
inessive -unkban
superessive -unkon
adessive -unknál
illative -unkba
sublative -unkra
allative -unkhoz
elative -unkból
delative -unkról
ablative -unktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-unké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-unkéi

See also

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