-ottatok

Hungarian

Etymology

-ott (past tense suffix) +‎ -atok (second-person plural suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [otːɒtok]

Suffix

-ottatok

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the second-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugations).

   sóhajt (“to sigh”) → sóhajtottatok (“you all (have/had) sighed”)

   javít (“to correct”) → javítottatok (“you all (have/had) corrected”)

   nyit (“to open”) → nyitottatok (“you all (have/had) opened”)

Usage notes

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tatok is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tetek is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -ttetek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, nyű, sző)

  -ottatok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettetek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttetek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes