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-lek
-lek
Hungarian
Suffix
-lek
- (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of transitive verbs with a second-person object (indicative mood, definite conjugation).
- keres (“to look for”) → kereslek (“I am looking for you”)
Usage notes
- (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
Present tense definite - personal endings
| Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unrounded | rounded | |||
| én | 1st person singular | -om | -em | -öm |
| te | 2nd person singular | -od | -ed | -öd |
| ő maga ön |
3rd person singular | -ja | -i | |
| mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük | |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -itek | |
| ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural | -ják | -ik | |
| én | 1st person singular subject with 2nd person object |
-lak | -lek | |
| after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -alak | -elek | ||
See also
- Category:Hungarian verb forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6