-tte

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *-ktë, from *-k (marker for the present tense) + *-të (etymologically identical to te, the second-person plural personal pronoun). In the past tense, there was originally -i- in place of -k- (*-itë) but the present suffix has been generalized to all tenses and moods.

Suffix

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-tte

  1. (personal) Forms the second-person plural of verbs.
    luette (plural or polite)you read

Usage notes

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  • Suffixed to the same stem that the first-person singular has, both in the present and the past tense, and in indicative, conditional and potential mood.

Anagrams

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-tte

  1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).
    sző (to weave) + ‎-tte → ‎szőtte (he/she wove, he/she has/had woven it)
  2. (noun-forming suffix) Forms nouns from certain verbs (cf. -és), incorporating the third-person singular possessive suffix (-e), which can be replaced by other personal possessive suffixes.
    jön (to come) + ‎-tte → ‎tte (his/her/its coming)

Usage notes

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  • (past-tense and verbal-participle suffix) Variants:
    -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
    -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
    -tta is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , szí; ó, ; )
    -tte is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (, , sző; nyű)
    -otta 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)
    -ette is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
    -ötte 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)
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -ta is added to most back-vowel verbs
    -te is added to most front-vowel verbs
    -tte is added to front-vowel verbs that originally ended in a vowel (like jön, originally )
    -ata is added to back-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like hall)
    -ete is added to front-vowel verbs that form the infinitive with a linking vowel (like kell)

See also

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Further reading

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Pali

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-tte

  1. locative singular of -tta