-nie

• IPA^(key): [niʲɛ]

-nie

1. Used to form the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of an infinitive.

   főzni (“to cook”) → Főznie kell. - He/she has to cook. / You (formal) have to cook.

• The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning.

  Itt nem szabad dohányoznia. - He/she is not allowed to smoke here. (third-person)

  Itt nem szabad dohányozni. - Smoking is not allowed here. (general)

• Variants:

  -nia is added to back vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni

  rohanni (“to run”) → rohannia kell (“he/she has to run”)

  -nie is added to front vowel words that form their infinitive with -ni

  nevetni (“to laugh”) → nevetnie kell (“he/she has to laugh”)

  főzni (“to cook”) → főznie kell (“he/she has to cook”)

  -ania is added to back vowel words that form their infinitive with -ani

  tanítani (“to teach”) → tanítania kell (“he/she has to teach”)

  -enie is added to front vowel words that form their infinitive with -eni

  veszíteni (“to lose”) → súlyt kell veszítenie (“he/she has to lose weight”)

• Category:Hungarian infinitive forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

From Proto-Slavic *-nьje.

-nie n

1. Forms verbal nouns; -ing

-nie

1. Replaces -ny, -na, -ne in adjectives to form adverbs.