-ettétek

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From -ett (past-tense suffix) +‎ -étek (second-person plural suffix).

Suffix

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-ettétek

  1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the second-person plural past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).
    szerkeszt (to edit) + ‎-ettétek → ‎szerkesztettétek (you all (have/had) edited)
    vetít (to project) + ‎-ettétek → ‎vetítettétek (you all (have/had) projected)
    vet (to sow) + ‎-ettétek → ‎vetettétek (you all (have/had) sowed/sown)
Usage notes
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  • (past tense suffix) Variants:
    -tátok is added to most back-vowel verbs
    -tétek is added to most front-vowel verbs
    -ttátok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , ó, , , szí)
    -ttétek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , , , nyű, sző)
    -ottátok 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)
    -ettétek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
    -öttétek 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)

Etymology 2

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From -et (causative suffix) +‎ -t (past-tense suffix) +‎ -étek (second-person plural suffix).

Suffix

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-ettétek

  1. (past-tense causative suffix) Forms the second-person plural causative past tense of verbs (definite conjugation), used with -val/-vel, e.g. vele, velük etc., otherwise coinciding with the above forms.
    fest (to paint) + ‎-ettétek → ‎festettétek (you [pl] had him/her/them paint (it/them))
    megért (to understand) + ‎-ettétek → ‎megértettétek (you [pl] made him/her/them understand (it/them))
Usage notes
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Homonymy exists between regular and causative past tense forms of consonant + t types of front-vowel verbs, in all the six persons, both with definite and indefinite endings, except for the third-person singular indefinite form (-ettem, -ettél, –, -ettünk, -ettetek, -ettek; -ettem, -etted, -ette, -ettük, -ettétek, -ették; -ettelek). On the other hand, other types of front-vowel verbs as well as back-vowel verbs take different forms for the regular and the causative past tense (e.g. -ottam and -attam, e.g. ugrottam and ugrattam among similar back-vowel verbs, other front-vowel verb types having clearly distinct forms: kértem vs. kérettem, kerestem vs. kerestettem). However, the -val/-vel argument is compulsory with the causative sense, so it makes the distinction easier (e.g. megértettem velük a különbséget – “I made them understand the difference”).

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