-tük

Hungarian

Etymology

-t (past tense suffix) +‎ -ük (first-person plural suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tyk]

Suffix

-tük

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the first-person plural past tense of verbs (indicative mood, definite conjugations).

   énekel (“to sing”) → Az iskola indulóját énekeltük. (“We sang the school song.”)

Usage notes

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tuk is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tük is added to most front-vowel verbs

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

  -ttük is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)

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

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

  -öttük 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