-nia
Hungarian
Etymology
-ni (infinitive suffix) + -a (third-person singular personal suffix)[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-nia
- Used to form the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of an infinitive.
- tanulni (“to study”) → Tanulnia kell. (“He/she has to study. / You (formal) have to study.”)
Usage notes
- The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning:
- Itt nem szabad dohányoznia. ― S/he is not allowed to smoke here. (third person)
- Itt nem szabad dohányozni. ― Smoking is not allowed here. (general)
- With words like “important, necessary” etc., it is expressed in English as “for him/her to…”.
- Fontos eljönnie. ― It is important for him/her to come here. or It is important that s/he come here.
- Variants:
- -nia is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- rohanni (“to run”) → Rohannia kell. ― He/she has to run.
- -nie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
- -ania is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ani
- tanítani (“to teach”) → Tanítania kell. ― He/she has to teach.
- -enie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with -eni
- veszíteni (“to lose”) → Súlyt kell veszítenie. ― He/she has to lose weight.
- -nia is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni
See also
References
- ^ -nia in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *-ьňà.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-nia f
Declension
Declension of -nia
Derived terms
Further reading
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