-telek
التعريفات والمعاني
== Hungarian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [tɛlɛk]
Rhymes: -ɛk
=== Suffix ===
-telek
(past-tense suffix) Forms the first-person singular past tense of verbs with second-person object (definite conjugation).
szeret (“to love”) + -telek → szerettelek (“I (have/had) loved you”)
keres (“to look for”) + -telek → kerestelek (“I was looking for you”)
==== Usage notes ====
(past-tense suffix) Variants:
-talak is added to most back-vowel verbs
-telek is added to most front-vowel verbs
-ttalak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)
-ttelek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)
-ottalak 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)
-ettelek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
-öttelek 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