-jük

See also: juk, Juk, and -juk

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jyk]

Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

Suffix

-jük

1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)

   kert (“garden”) → a kertjük (“their garden”)

   érme (“coin”) → az érméjük (“their coin”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -uk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎ház (“house”) + ‎-uk → ‎házuk (“their house”)

  -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎gyerek (“child”) + ‎-ük → ‎gyerekük (“their child”)

  -juk is added to back-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.

  ‎kar (“arm”) + ‎-juk → ‎karjuk (“their arms”)

  ‎hajó (“ship”) + ‎-juk → ‎hajójuk (“their ship”)

  ‎alma (“apple”) + ‎-juk → ‎almájuk (“their apple”)

  -jük is added to front-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

  ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)

  ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (“their coin”)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-jük	—
accusative	-jüket	—
dative	-jüknek	—
instrumental	-jükkel	—
causal-final	-jükért	—
translative	-jükké	—
terminative	-jükig	—
essive-formal	-jükként	—
essive-modal	-jükül	—
inessive	-jükben	—
superessive	-jükön	—
adessive	-jüknél	—
illative	-jükbe	—
sublative	-jükre	—
allative	-jükhöz	—
elative	-jükből	—
delative	-jükről	—
ablative	-jüktől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	-jüké	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	-jükéi	—

Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

Suffix

-jük

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, definite conjugation). The j assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.

   szeret (“to love”) → szeretjük (“we love something”)

   keres (“to seek”) → keressük (“we seek something, we are seeking something”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

    Present tense definite – personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-om	-em	-öm
te	2nd person singular	-od	-ed	-öd
ő maga ön	3rd person singular or formal 2nd person singular	-ja	-i
mi	1st person plural	-juk	-jük
ti	2nd person plural	-játok	-itek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural or formal 2nd person plural	-ják	-ik
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes