-ttad

Hungarian

Etymology

From -tt (past-tense suffix) ‎ -ad (second-person singular suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tːɒd]

Suffix

-ttad

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).

   ‎ró (“to roam, walk”) ‎-ttad → ‎róttad (“you (have/had) roamed”)

   Egész nap az utcákat róttad. ― You've been walking the streets all day.

Usage notes

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tad is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -ted is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttad is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -tted is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nyű, sző)

  -ottad 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)

  -etted is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -ötted 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