lesz
Hungarian
Etymology
From Proto-Finno-Ugric *le- (“to be, exist, will be, live”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
Verb
lesz
- (intransitive) to become
- (future of van) will be
Conjugation
conjugation of lesz
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | leszek | leszel | lesz | leszünk | lesztek | lesznek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | lettem | lettél | lett | lettünk | lettetek | lettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Future | Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. lenni fog. | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | levék or lők | levél or lől | leve or lőn | levénk or lőnk | levétek or lőtök | levének or lőnek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. lesz vala, lett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | leendek | leendesz | leend | leendünk | leendetek | leendenek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lennék | lennél | lenne | lennénk | lennétek | lennének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | legyek | legyél | legyen | legyünk | legyetek | legyenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lett légyen | ||||||||
Infinitive | lenni | lennem | lenned | lennie | lennünk | lennetek | lenniük | ||
Other forms |
Verbal noun | Present part. | Past part. | Future part. | Adverbial participle | Causative | |||
levés or létel |
levő | lett | leendő | léve (levén) | |||||
potential conjugation of lesz
Click for archaic forms | 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
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Indicative mood |
Present | Indef. | lehetek | lehetsz | lehet | lehetünk | lehettek | lehetnek | |
Def. | intransitive verb, definite forms are not used | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indef. | lehettem | lehettél | lehetett | lehettünk | lehettetek | lehettek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Preterit |
Indef. | leheték | lehetél | lehete | leheténk | lehetétek | lehetének | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Archaic Past | Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. lehet vala, lehetett vala/volt. | ||||||||
Archaic Future |
Indef. | lehetendek or leendhetek |
lehetendesz or leendhetsz |
lehetend or leendhet |
lehetendünk or leendhetünk |
lehetendetek or leendhettek |
lehetendenek or leendhetnek | ||
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Conditional mood |
Present | Indef. | lehetnék | lehetnél | lehetne | lehetnénk | lehetnétek | lehetnének | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
Past | Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. lehetett volna | ||||||||
Subjunctive mood |
Present | Indef. | lehessek | lehess or lehessél |
lehessen | lehessünk | lehessetek | lehessenek | |
Def. | ― | ||||||||
2nd-p. o. | ― | ||||||||
(Archaic) Past | Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. lehetett légyen | ||||||||
Inf. | (lehetni) | (lehetnem) | (lehetned) | (lehetnie) | (lehetnünk) | (lehetnetek) | (lehetniük) | ||
Positive adjective | ― | Neg. adj. | ― | Adv. part. | (lehetve / lehetvén) | ||||
Derived terms
With verbal prefixes
Expressions
References
- ^ Entry #470 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
- ^ lesz 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.)
Further reading
- lesz in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“An Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN