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-ettelek
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ettelek
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From hu -ett -elek past-tense suffix first-person singular suffix for second-person object y.
Suffix
hu suffix inflectional suffixes
hu past-tense suffix Forms the first-person singular past tense of verbs with second-person object (definite conjugation).
hu fest to paint festettelek I (have/had) painted you
hu ért to understand értettelek I understood you
hu segít to help segítettelek I (have/had) helped you
Usage notes
Etymology 2
From hu -et -t -elek causative suffix past-tense suffix first-person singular suffix for second-person object y.
Suffix
hu suffix
hu past-tense causative suffix Forms the first-person plural causative past tense of verbs (with a second-person object), used with val y, e.g. hu vele, hu velük etc., otherwise coinciding with the above forms.
hu fest to paint festettelek I made someone paint you [I commissioned someone to make a painting of you]
Usage notes
See also
:Category:Hungarian verb forms
Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
hu terms with multiple lemma etymologies terms with multiple morpheme etymologies