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-nének

-nének

See also: nenek

Hungarian

Suffix

-nének

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
    kér (to ask)kérnének (they would ask)

Usage notes

  • (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -nának is added to most back vowel verbs
    vár (to wait)várnának (they would wait)
    -nének is added to most front vowel verbs
    kér (to ask)kérnének (they would ask)
    -anának 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)mondanának (they would say something)
    tanít (to teach)tanítanának (they would teach)
    -enének is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
    fest (to paint)festenének (they would paint)
    segít (to help)segítenének (they would help)

See also

  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes