-ottak

== Hungarian == === Etymology === From -ott (past-tense suffix) +‎ -ak (third-person plural suffix). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [otːɒk] === Suffix === -ottak (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation). ‎sóhajt (“to sigh”) + ‎-ottak → ‎sóhajtottak (“they sighed”) A rossz hír hallatán a szomszédok csak sóhajtottak. ― Hearing the bad news, the neighbors just sighed. ‎javít (“to improve”) + ‎-ottak → ‎javítottak (“they improved on something”) Sokat javítottak a tavalyi eredményeiken. ― They improved a lot on their results from last year. ‎nyit (“to open”) + ‎-ottak → ‎nyitottak (“they opened”) Új üzletet nyitottak a városban. ― They opened a new store in town. ==== 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