-tte

See also: tte

Finnish

Etymology

From , from *-k (marker for the present tense) + *-te (etymologically identical to te, the second-person plural personal pronoun). In the past tense, there was originally -i- in place of -k- (*-ite) but the present suffix has been generalized to all tenses and moods.

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, he/she has/had woven”)

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, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)

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

  -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

  -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally jő)

  -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)

  -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes