-hetnék
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of -het (potential suffix) + -nék (first-person singular conditional suffix), literally: “I could” (do something), as an expression of impulse or desire.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-hetnék
- (noun-forming suffix) Appended to a verb to express an impulse or desire.
Usage notes
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
- -hatnék is added to back-vowel verbs.
- -hetnék is added to front-vowel verbs.
- It is usually followed by a possessive suffix (forms given below) and a third-person singular form of the existential verb van (van/volt/lesz/lenne/legyen etc.).
- Another construction is with a verb like elfog, rájön, rátör, or támad (here all mean “overcome”), e.g. elfogja a sírhatnék (“s/he is overcome by the urge to cry”, “s/he feels the need to cry”), rájött a nevethetnék (“s/he was overcome by the need to laugh”, “s/he felt compelled to laugh”), kosarazhatnékja támadt (“s/he felt the need to play basketball”).
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | -hetnék | -hetnékek |
accusative | -hetnéket | -hetnékeket |
dative | -hetnéknek | -hetnékeknek |
instrumental | -hetnékkel | -hetnékekkel |
causal-final | -hetnékért | -hetnékekért |
translative | -hetnékké | -hetnékekké |
terminative | -hetnékig | -hetnékekig |
essive-formal | -hetnékként | -hetnékekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | -hetnékben | -hetnékekben |
superessive | -hetnéken | -hetnékeken |
adessive | -hetnéknél | -hetnékeknél |
illative | -hetnékbe | -hetnékekbe |
sublative | -hetnékre | -hetnékekre |
allative | -hetnékhez | -hetnékekhez |
elative | -hetnékből | -hetnékekből |
delative | -hetnékről | -hetnékekről |
ablative | -hetnéktől | -hetnékektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
-hetnéké | -hetnékeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
-hetnékéi | -hetnékekéi |
Possessive forms of -hetnék | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | -hetnékem | -hetnékjeim |
2nd person sing. | -hetnéked | -hetnékjeid |
3rd person sing. | -hetnékje | -hetnékjei |
1st person plural | -hetnékünk | -hetnékjeink |
2nd person plural | -hetnéketek | -hetnékjeitek |
3rd person plural | -hetnékjük | -hetnékjeik |
or (less frequently)
Possessive forms of -hetnék | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | -hetnékem | -hetnékeim |
2nd person sing. | -hetnéked | -hetnékeid |
3rd person sing. | -hetnéke | -hetnékei |
1st person plural | -hetnékünk | -hetnékeink |
2nd person plural | -hetnéketek | -hetnékeitek |
3rd person plural | -hetnékük | -hetnékeik |
See also
Further reading
- Hatnékom van (the relevant part starts under the ping pong photo)