-ettelek

• IPA^(key): [ɛtːɛlɛk]

-ettelek

1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the first-person singular past tense of verbs with second-person object (definite conjugations).

   fest (“to paint”) → festettelek (“I (have/had) painted you”)

   segít (“to help”) → segítettelek (“I (have/had) helped you”)

• (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)

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes