-öttél
Hungarian
Etymology
-ött (past tense suffix) + -él (second-person singular suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-öttél
- (past tense suffix) Used to form the second-person singular past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugations).
- köszönt (“to greet”) → köszöntöttél (“you (have/had) greeted”)
- süt (“to bake”) → sütöttél (“you (have/had) baked”)
Usage notes
- (past tense suffix) Variants:
- -tál is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -tél is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -ttál is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
- -ttél is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)
- -ottál 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)
- -ettél is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttél 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)