-enének
Hungarian
Etymology
-e (linking vowel) + -né (conditional suffix) + -nek (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-enének
- (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
- segít (“to help”) → segítenének (“they would help”)
Usage notes
Conditional indefinite – personal endings
| Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| én | 1st person singular | -nék | ||
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anék | -enék | ||
| te | 2nd person singular | -nál | -nél | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anál | -enél | ||
| ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -na | -ne | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-ana | -ene | ||
| mi | 1st person plural | -nánk | -nénk | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anánk | -enénk | ||
| ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anátok | -enétek | ||
| ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -nának | -nének | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t |
-anának | -enének | ||
| See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. | ||||
- (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
- -nának is added to most back vowel verbs
- -nének is added to most front vowel verbs
- -anának is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
- mond (“to say something”) → mondanának (“they would say something”)
- tanít (“to teach”) → tanítanának (“they would teach”)
- -enének is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
- fest (“to paint”) → festenének (“they would paint”)
- segít (“to help”) → segítenének (“they would help”)