-öttél

Hungarian

Etymology

From -ött (past-tense suffix) +‎ -él (second-person singular suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [øtːeːl]

Suffix

-öttél

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person singular past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).

   ‎köszönt (“to greet”) + ‎-öttél → ‎köszöntöttél (“you (have/had) greeted”)

   Mindig udvariasan köszöntöttél engem. ― You always greeted me politely.

   ‎süt (“to bake”) + ‎-öttél → ‎sütöttél (“you (have/had) baked”)

   Mikor sütöttél kenyeret utoljára? ― When was the last time you baked bread?

Usage notes

• (past tense suffix) Variants:

  -tál is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tél is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttál is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -ttél is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)

  -ottál is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettél is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttél is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes