-ünk

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See also: unk, -unk, and unk.

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ünk

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
    beszél (to speak) + ‎-ünk → ‎beszélünk (we speak, we are speaking)
  2. (possessive suffix) our (first-person plural, single possession)
    kert (garden) + ‎-ünk → ‎kertünk (our garden)
  3. (personal-pronoun suffix) of us (appended to a numeral or a pronoun)
    négy (four) + ‎-ünk → ‎négyünk (the four of us)
    egyik (one (of)) + ‎-ünk → ‎egyikünk (one of us)
    Az egyikünk nappal alszik, a másikunk éjszaka.One of us sleeps during the day, the other at night.

Usage notes[edit]

  • (personal suffix) Variants:
    -unk is added to back-vowel verbs
    -ünk is added to front-vowel verbs
  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
  • (personal-pronoun suffix) Variants:
    -nk is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -unk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ünk is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ónk a variant of -unk
    -őnk a variant of -ünk

Declension[edit]

(possessive suffix and personal-pronoun suffix):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -ünk
accusative -ünket
dative -ünknek
instrumental -ünkkel
causal-final -ünkért
translative -ünkké
terminative -ünkig
essive-formal -ünkként
essive-modal -ünkül
inessive -ünkben
superessive -ünkön
adessive -ünknél
illative -ünkbe
sublative -ünkre
allative -ünkhöz
elative -ünkből
delative -ünkről
ablative -ünktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
-ünké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
-ünkéi

See also[edit]