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-nál

-nál

See also: nal, nål, and nál

Hungarian

Suffix

-nál

  1. (case suffix) at. Used to form the adessive case.
    A háznál várt rám. - He was waiting for me at the house.
Declension
Usage notes
  • (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -nál is added to back vowel words. Final -a changes to -á-.
    a hegy lába (the foot of the mountain)a hegy lábánál at the foot of the mountain
    -nél is added to front vowel words. Final -e changes to -é-.
    az ágy feje (the head of the bed)az ágy fejénél at the head of the bed

Etymology 2

-ná (conditional suffix) + -l (personal suffix)

Suffix

-nál

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form the second-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
    olvas (to read)Olvasnál valamit? Would you read something?
Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -nál is added to most back vowel verbs
    vár (to wait)várnál (you would wait)
    -nél is added to most front vowel verbs
    kér (to ask)kérnél (you would ask)
    -anál is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
    mond (to say something)mondanál (you would say something)
    tanít (to teach)tanítanál (you would teach)
    -enél is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    fest (to paint)festenél (you would paint)
    segít (to help)segítenél (you would help)

See also

  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes