-talak
Hungarian
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- (past-tense suffix) Forms the first-person singular past tense of verbs with second-person object (definite conjugation).
- bálványoz (“to idolize”) + -talak → bálványoztalak (“I (have/had) idolized you”)
Usage notes
edit- (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)