-nálak

Hungarian

Etymology

-ná (conditional suffix) +‎ -lak (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːlɒk]

Suffix

-nálak

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of transitive verbs with a second-person object (conditional mood, definite conjugation).

   Én javasolnálak erre a beosztásra. ― I would recommend you for this position. (from javasol (“to recommend”))

Usage notes

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

    Conditional definite – personal endings

Person		Back      vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nám	-ném
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anám	-eném
te	2nd person singular	-nád	-néd
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anád	-enéd
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-ná	-né
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-aná	-ené
mi	1st person plural	-nánk (archaic -nók)	-nénk (archaic -nők)
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anánk (archaic -anók)	-enénk (archaic -enők)
ti	2nd person plural	-nátok	-nétek
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anátok	-enétek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nák	-nék
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anák	-enék
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes