-tatok

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɒtok]

Etymology 1

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

Suffix

-tatok

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

   olvas (“to read”) → Mit olvastatok? (“What did you (all) read?”)

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)

Etymology 2

-tat (causative suffix) +‎ -ok (first-person singular suffix)

Suffix

-tatok

1. (causative suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense causative of verbs (indefinite conjugations). Variants: -tetek, -atok, -etek.

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes