-elek

See also: Elek, élek, and -elék

Hungarian

Etymology

From -e (linking vowel) +‎ -lek (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛlɛk]

Suffix

-elek

  1. (personal suffix) Forms the first-person singular of transitive verbs with a second-person object (if no other suffixes are present before it, in indicative mood, present tense).
    ‎ért (“to understand”) + ‎-elek → ‎értelek (“I understand you”)

Usage notes

  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
2nd-person-object present-tense personal endings
Person
(subject)

Verb ending

Back vowel Front vowel 2nd-person object
(informal “you”)
  singular   plural
 én 
(“I”) 		most types -lak -lek téged titeket /
benneteket
two consonants
or long vowel + t 		-alak -elek
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their
plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.

See also

  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
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