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Meaning of -d | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2

Definitions

  1. your (second-person singular informal, single possession)
    morpheme, possessive, suffix
  2. Originally, it was probably a diminutive suffix. In this sense, it is no longer productive. It can be found in place names, given names, and a few other words.
    morpheme
  3. Second-person singular personal suffix:
    morpheme, personal, suffix
  4. Definite forms of transitive verbs (followed by a linking vowel in indicative present/past and subjunctive moods; with no linking vowel in conditional mood).
    morpheme, personal, suffix
  5. A frequentative suffix or denoting the beginning of a process.
    morpheme
  6. Combined form of a covert (∅) allophone of -j (subjunctive suffix) and the regular suffix -(a/e)d (above), marking the short form of the above person of the definite subjunctive (attached directly to a verb stem).
    morpheme, personal, suffix
  7. Added to a cardinal number to form a fraction. It is used with a linking vowel, see -ad, -od, -ed, -öd.
    morpheme
  8. Forming conjugated infinitives (here: “for you to do sth”).
    morpheme, personal, suffix
  9. Declined and postpositional forms of the second-person personal pronoun te (“you”).
    morpheme, personal, suffix

Equivalents

English -est your

Examples

“hajó (“boat”) → a hajód (“your boat”)”
“kocsi (“car”) → a kocsid (“your car”)”
“palota (“palace”) → a palotád (“your palace”)”
“érme (“coin”) → az érméd (“your coin”)”
“tud (“to know”) → tudod, tudtad, tudjad, tudnád (“you know / knew / should know / would know it”)”
“kér (“to ask [for sth]”) → kéred, kérted, kérjed, kérnéd (“you ask / asked / should ask / would ask for it”)”
“tud + -d → tudd (= tudjad (“you should know it”)”
“kér + -d → kérd (= kérjed) (“you should ask for it”)”
“tanulni (“to study”) + -d → tanulnod kell (“you need to study”, literally “for_you_to_study is_necessary”)”
“Csak kérned kell.”

All you have to do is ask [for it].

“-ban/-ben (“in”) + -d → benned (“in you”)”
“elé (“in front of”) + -d → eléd (“in front of you”)”
“apró (“tiny”) → apród (“page boy”)”
“gyenge (“weak”) → gyengéd (“gentle”)”
“Árpád (“a male given name”)”
“-dék”
“imád”
“szenved”
“száz (“hundred”) → század (“hundredth”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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