-tte

See also: tte

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *-kte, where the k is marker for the present tense. In the past tense, there was originally i instead of k (*-ite) but the present suffix has been generalized to all tenses and moods. The *-te part is probably identical to the first-person plural pronoun te and probably had a final consonant.

Suffix

-tte

1. (personal) Forms the second-person plural of verbs.

   lukea -> luette you (plural, or polite singular or plural) read

Usage notes

• Suffixed to the same stem that the first-person singular has, both in the present and the past tense, and in indicative, conditional and potential mood.

Anagrams

• TET, tet

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tːɛ]

Suffix

-tte

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugations).

   sző (“to weave”) → szőtte (“he/she wove/weaved, he/she has/had woven/weaved”)

Usage notes

• (past-tense and verbal-participle suffix) Variants:

  -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -te is added to most front-vowel verbs

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

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

  -otta 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)

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

  -ötte 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)

• (noun-forming suffix) Variants:

  -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -te is added to most front-vowel verbs

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes