-tam

Hungarian

Etymology

-t (past tense suffix) + -am (first-person singular suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɒm]

Suffix

-tam

  1. (past tense suffix) Used to form the first-person singular past tense of verbs (indefinite and definite conjugations).
    olvas (to read)olvastam (I read, I have read, I had read)

Usage notes

  • (past tense suffix) Variants:
    -tam is added to most back vowel verbs
    -tem is added to most front vowel verbs
    -ttam is added to back vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , ó, , , szí)
    -ttem is added to front vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , , , nyű, sző)
    -ottam is added to back vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)
    -ettem is added to unrounded front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
    -öttem 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)

See also

  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Latin

Suffix

-tam

  1. feminine accusative singular of -tus
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