-jél
Hungarian
Etymology
-j (subjunctive / imperative suffix) + -él (personal suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-jél
- (personal suffix) The long form of the second-person singular subjunctive/imperative of verbs (indefinite conjugation). For the short form, see -j.
- énekel (“to sing”) → Énekeljél valamit! - Sing something!
Usage notes
Subjunctive/imperative indefinite – personal endings
Person | Back vowel |
Front vowel | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | ||||
én | 1st person singular | -jak | -jek | ||
te | 2nd person singular | -j | |||
long form | -jál | -jél | |||
ő maga / ön |
3rd person singular | -jon | -jen | -jön | |
-ik verbs (optional) | -jék | ||||
mi | 1st person plural | -junk | -jünk | ||
ti | 2nd person plural | -jatok | -jetek | ||
ők maguk / önök |
3rd person plural | -janak | -jenek | ||
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. | |||||
Verb ending | Assimilation rules of -j | ||||
-s -sz -z -dz |
The -j assimilates to the verb ending: keres → keress metsz → metssz hoz → hozz edz → eddz | ||||
-st -szt |
The -t is removed; the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz: fest → fess fáraszt → fárassz | ||||
long vowel + t or consonant + t |
The -j becomes -s: segít → segíts bont → bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss | ||||
short vowel + t | Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s: mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress |