értek
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Hungarian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]ért (“to understand”) + -ek (first-person singular personal suffix)
Verb
[edit]értek
- first-person singular indicative present indefinite of ért
- Mindent értek. ― I understand everything.
Etymology 2
[edit]From ér (“to reach, arrive”) or ér (“to be worth”) + -tek (present-tense second-person plural personal suffix) and -tek (past-tense third-person plural personal suffix).
Verb
[edit]értek
- second-person plural indicative present indefinite of ér
- Mikor értek ide? ― When are you (guys) arriving here?
- third-person plural indicative past indefinite of ér
- Zsákutcába értek. ― They reached a dead end.
- Sokat értek a részvényei. ― His/Her/Your shares were worth a lot.
Usage notes
[edit]This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- értek (…) ide, ide … értek ― ideértek ― ideér
- értek (…) utol, utol … értek ― utolértek ― utolér
- and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.
Etymology 3
[edit]From the ér- stem of érik (“to ripen, get mature”) + -tek (present-tense second-person plural personal suffix) and -tek (past-tense third-person plural personal suffix).
Verb
[edit]értek
- second-person plural indicative present indefinite of érik
- Elég korán értek ― You [all] get mature pretty early.
- third-person plural indicative past indefinite of érik
- Már értek a barackok. ― The peaches were getting ripe already.
Usage notes
[edit]This form also occurs when a verbal prefix is separated from the verb:
- értek (…) meg, meg … értek ― megértek ― megérik
- and some more, see its derivatives with verbal prefixes.