-esz

See also: ész and -ész

Hungarian

-esz

(personal suffix) Used to form the second-person singular present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
fest (“to paint”) → festesz (“you paint, you are painting”)
(nominal-forming suffix) Used to form nouns and adjectives from verb or nouns.
eresz (“eaves”)

Present tense indefinite - personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
Person		Back vowel	unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-ok	-ek	-ök
én	-ik verbs (optional)	-om	-em	-öm
te	2nd person singular	-sz
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-asz	-esz
	after s, sz, z, dz	-ol	-el	-öl
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	–
ő maga ön	-ik verbs	-ik
mi	1st person plural	-unk	-ünk
ti	2nd person plural	-tok	-tek	-tök
ti	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-otok	-etek	-ötök
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nak	-nek
ők maguk önök	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anak	-enek

(personal suffix) Variants:
-sz added to verbs not in the categories listed below
vár (“to wait”) → vársz (“you wait, you are waiting”)

-asz added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
hall (“to hear”) → hallasz (“you hear, you are hearing”)

tanít (“to teach”) → tanítasz (“you teach, you are teaching”)

-esz added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
dönt (“to decide”) → döntesz (“you decide, you are deciding”)

segít (“to help”) → segítesz (“you help, you are helping”)

-ol added to back vowel verbs ending in s, sz, z, dz
olvas (“to read”) → olvasol (“you read, you are reading”)

-el added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in s, sz, z, dz
vesz (“to buy”) → veszel (“you buy, you are buying”)

-öl added to rounded front vowel verbs ending in s, sz, z, dz
főz (“to cook”) → főzöl (“you cook, you are cooking”)
(nominal-forming suffix) Harmonic variants:
-asz added to back vowel words

-esz added to front vowel words

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