-nélek

Hungarian

Etymology

From -né (conditional suffix) +‎ -lek (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [neːlɛk]
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Suffix

-nélek

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

   ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-nélek → ‎kérnélek (“I would ask you”)

   Arra kérnélek, hogy csak itt dohányozz. ― I would like to ask you to smoke only here. (literally, “I would ask you to…”)

Usage notes

• (personal conditional suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.

Conditional 2nd-person-object personal endings

Person (subject)	Verb ending	Back vowel	Front vowel	2nd-person object (informal “you”)
				singular	plural
én  (“I”)	most types	-nálak	-nélek	téged	titeket / benneteket
	two consonants or long vowel + t	-análak	-enélek
When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes.

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes