-tán

Appendix:Variations of "tan" Hungarian Etymology hu -ta noun-forming suffix combined with the possessive -n superessive suffix y. Pronunciation hu aːn 1 Suffix hu suffix hu adverb-forming suffix Added to certain verbs to form an adverb, usually in the sense “on doing something” (for transitive verbs) or “after/once something happens” (for intransitive verbs). hu ad to give -tán adtán, now only construed with hu alkalom occasion → hu alkalomadtán should the occasion arise once [an] occasion is given, i.e. supplied hu fogy to diminish, run out -tán fogytán in short supply, [in the state of] running out hu folyik to flow foly(ik) -tán folytán owing to, by virtue of, as a result of once something has flown, i.e., happened hu lát to see -tán láttán on seeing hu múlik to pass múl(ik) -tán múltán after … passed hu olvas to read -tán olvastán on reading Usage notes Variants: hu -tán is added to most back-vowel verbs (though currently few verbs altogether): hu fogy to diminish, run out -tán fogytán in short supply, [in the state of] running out hu -atán is added to the following back-vowel verb whose stem ends in two consonants: hu hall to hear + hu -atán → hu hallatán on hearing In certain phrases, the superessive suffix is replaced by hu -kor, hu -ban​/​-ben or hu -val​/​-vel, with a similar meaning: hu ott jártakor; jártában-keltében, álltában, egyfolytában, (kutya)futtában, következtében, ijedtében, reptében​/​röptében, siettében; postafordultával, múltával, előrehaladtával, végeztével. Other verbs might occasionally take this suffix, however, those cases are not included above where the suffix hu -ta​/​-te creates a noun used with no suffix or other suffixes. For example, hu tud to know -tán tudtán, construed with hu kívül outside → hu tudtán kívül without someone’s knowledge, unbeknownst to someone, as hu tudta#Noun one’s knowledge [of] can be used as a noun. Also, hu érkeztén on its arrival doesn’t need the derivation hu érkezik érkez(ik) to arrive + hu -tén as hu érkezte its arrival exists as a noun. Some of the examples above allow for both derivations, especially if archaic forms are included. See also hu -va/-ve, -ván/-vén Appendix:Hungarian suffixes