-öttek

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From -ött (past-tense suffix) +‎ -ek (third-person plural suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [øtːɛk] === Suffix === -öttek (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation). ‎köszönt (“to greet”) + ‎-öttek → ‎köszöntöttek (“they (have/had) greeted”) Udvariasan köszöntöttek minket az utcán. ― They greeted us politely on the street. ‎süt (“to bake”) + ‎-öttek → ‎sütöttek (“they (have/had) baked”) Süteményeket sütöttek az ünnepre. ― They baked cookies for the holiday. ==== Usage notes ==== (past-tense suffix) Variants: -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú) -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű) -ottak 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) -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet) -öttek 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