-lek
Hungarian
Etymology
-l (frequentative suffix) + -e- + -k (first-person singular personal suffix) [1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-lek
- (personal suffix) Used to form 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).
- keres (“to look for”) → kereslek (“I am looking for you”)
- keres (“to look for”) → kerestelek (“I was 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 or formal 2nd person singular |
-ja | -i | |
| mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük | |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -itek | |
| ők maguk önök |
3rd person plural or formal 2nd person plural |
-ják | -ik | |
| See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. | ||||
See also
References
- ^ -lek in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)