-tat
Catalan
Suffix
-tat f
- Alternative form of -itat
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-tat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-tat
- (causative suffix) Added to a verb (or extremely rarely to a noun) to form a verb with a meaning of let, make somebody do something.
Usage notes
- (causative suffix) Variants:
- -at is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -et is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant + t and most monosyllabic words
- -tat is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
- tisztít (“to clean”) + -tat → tisztíttat (“to have someone clean or to have something cleaned”)
- -tet is added to front-vowel words ending in a vowel + t
Conjugation
conjugation of -tat
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | -tatok | -tatsz | -tat | -tatunk | -tattok | -tatnak | |
| Def. | -tatom | -tatod | -tatja | -tatjuk | -tatjátok | -tatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tatlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | -tattam | -tattál | -tatott | -tattunk | -tattatok | -tattak | ||
| Def. | -tattam | -tattad | -tatta | -tattuk | -tattátok | -tatták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tattalak | ― | |||||||
| Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. -tatni fog. | ||||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | -taték | -tatál | -tata | -tatánk | -tatátok | -tatának | ||
| Def. | -tatám | -tatád | -tatá | -tatánk | -tatátok | -taták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tatálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. -tat vala, -tatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | -tatandok | -tatandasz | -tatand | -tatandunk | -tatandotok | -tatandanak | ||
| Def. | -tatandom | -tatandod | -tatandja | -tatandjuk | -tatandjátok | -tatandják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tatandalak | ― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | -tatnék | -tatnál | -tatna | -tatnánk | -tatnátok | -tatnának | |
| Def. | -tatnám | -tatnád | -tatná | -tatnánk (or -tatnók) |
-tatnátok | -tatnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tatnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -tatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | -tassak | -tass or -tassál |
-tasson | -tassunk | -tassatok | -tassanak | |
| Def. | -tassam | -tasd or -tassad |
-tassa | -tassuk | -tassátok | -tassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -tatott légyen | ||||||||
| Infinitive | -tatni | -tatnom | -tatnod | -tatnia | -tatnunk | -tatnotok | -tatniuk | ||
| Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
| -tatás | -tató | -tatott | -tatandó | -tatva (-tatván) | |||||
| The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs). | |||||||||
potential conjugation of -tat
| Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | -tathatok | -tathatsz | -tathat | -tathatunk | -tathattok | -tathatnak | |
| Def. | -tathatom | -tathatod | -tathatja | -tathatjuk | -tathatjátok | -tathatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tathatlak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indef. | -tathattam | -tathattál | -tathatott | -tathattunk | -tathattatok | -tathattak | ||
| Def. | -tathattam | -tathattad | -tathatta | -tathattuk | -tathattátok | -tathatták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tathattalak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | -tathaték | -tathatál | -tathata | -tathatánk | -tathatátok | -tathatának | ||
| Def. | -tathatám | -tathatád | -tathatá | -tathatánk | -tathatátok | -tathaták | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tathatálak | ― | |||||||
| Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. -tathat vala, -tathatott vala/volt. | ||||||||
| Archaic Future |
Indef. | -tathatandok or -tatandhatok |
-tathatandasz or -tatandhatsz |
-tathatand or -tatandhat |
-tathatandunk or -tatandhatunk |
-tathatandotok or -tatandhattok |
-tathatandanak or -tatandhatnak | ||
| Def. | -tathatandom or -tatandhatom |
-tathatandod or -tatandhatod |
-tathatandja or -tatandhatja |
-tathatandjuk or -tatandhatjuk |
-tathatandjátok or -tatandhatjátok |
-tathatandják or -tatandhatják | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tathatandalak or -tatandhatlak |
― | |||||||
| Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | -tathatnék | -tathatnál | -tathatna | -tathatnánk | -tathatnátok | -tathatnának | |
| Def. | -tathatnám | -tathatnád | -tathatná | -tathatnánk (or -tathatnók) |
-tathatnátok | -tathatnák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tathatnálak | ― | |||||||
| Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. -tathatott volna | ||||||||
| Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | -tathassak | -tathass or -tathassál |
-tathasson | -tathassunk | -tathassatok | -tathassanak | |
| Def. | -tathassam | -tathasd or -tathassad |
-tathassa | -tathassuk | -tathassátok | -tathassák | |||
| 2nd-p. o. | -tathassalak | ― | |||||||
| (Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. -tathatott légyen | ||||||||
| Inf. | (-tathatni) | (-tathatnom) | (-tathatnod) | (-tathatnia) | (-tathatnunk) | (-tathatnotok) | (-tathatniuk) | ||
| Positive adjective | -tatható | Neg. adj. | -tathatatlan | Adv. part. | (-tathatva / -tathatván) | ||||