Hungarian

Suffix

-né

1. Mrs, wife of (suffix indicating marriage)

   Kovácsné - Mrs. Kovács

   király ‎(“king”) → királyné ‎(“queen consort”)

Usage notes

• Final a changes to á:

Kovács Béla → Kovács Béláné (Mrs. Béla Kovács)

• Final e changes to é:

Kovács Endre → Kovács Endréné (Mrs. Endre Kovács)

Derived terms

Suffix

-né

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).

   kér ‎(“to ask”) → Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. - He would not request it if he did not need it.

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -ná is added to most back vowel verbs

  vár ‎(“to wait”) → Az ember azt várná egy gyerektől, hogy tanuljon. - One would expect from a child to study.

  -né is added to most front vowel verbs

  kér ‎(“to ask”) → Nem kérné, ha nem volna szüksége rá. - He would not request it if he did not need it.

  -aná 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”) → Nem mondaná, ha nem lenne igaz. - She would not say it if it weren't true.

  tanít ‎(“to teach”) → Ki tanítaná ott őt angolra? - Who would teach him there English?

  -ené is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  fest ‎(“to paint”) → Péter milyen színűre festené ezt a szobát? - What color would Péter paint this room?

  segít ‎(“to help”) → A város hogyan segítené őket? - How would the city help them?

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes