-nád

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nad"

Hungarian

Etymology

From -ná (conditional suffix) +‎ -d (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːd]

Suffix

-nád

1. (personal conditional suffix) Forms the second-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).

   ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-nád → ‎olvasnád (“you would read it”)

Usage notes

    Conditional definite – personal endings

Person		Back      vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nám	-ném
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anám	-eném
te	2nd person singular	-nád	-néd
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anád	-enéd
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-ná	-né
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-aná	-ené
mi	1st person plural	-nánk (archaic -nók)	-nénk (archaic -nők)
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anánk (archaic -anók)	-enénk (archaic -enők)
ti	2nd person plural	-nátok	-nétek
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anátok	-enétek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nák	-nék
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anák	-enék
See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

• (personal conditional suffix) Variants:

  -nád is added to most back-vowel verbs

  ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-nád → ‎várnád (“you would wait”)

  -néd is added to most front-vowel verbs

  ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-néd → ‎kérnéd (“you would ask”)

  -anád is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)

  ‎mond (“to say”) + ‎-anád → ‎mondanád (“you would say”)

  ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-anád → ‎tanítanád (“you would teach”)

  -enéd is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-enéd → ‎festenéd (“you would paint”)

  ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-enéd → ‎segítenéd (“you would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes