-ttek
Hungarian
Etymology
-tt (past tense suffix) + -ek (third-person plural suffix)
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ttek
- (past tense suffix) Used to form the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugations).
- sző (“to weave”) → Szőnyeget szőttek. (“They wove carpets.”)
Usage notes
- (past-tense suffix) Variants:
- -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs
- -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs
- -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
- -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
- -ottak 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)
- -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
- -öttek 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)