Meaning of -ette | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms the third-person singular past tense of verbs (definite conjugation).
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2. Forms the third-person singular causative past tense of verbs (definite conjugation), used with -val/-vel, e.g. vele, velük etc., otherwise coinciding with the above forms.
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3. synonym of -ve (adverbial participle), approx. a- (as in asleep, awake, alive etc.); it was possible to add a personal suffix afterwards
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4. Forms the verbal participle of verbs, always following the agent noun.
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Examples

“szerkeszt (“to edit”) + -ette → szerkesztette (“he/she (has/had) edited it”)”

“vetít (“to project”) + -ette → vetítette (“he/she (has/had) projected it”)”

“vet (“to sow”) + -ette → vetette (“he/she (has/had) sowed/sown it”)”

“jelent (“to present”) → [kalózok] jelentette [veszély] (“[the danger] presented by [pirates]”, literally “pirates-presented danger”)”

“fest (“to paint”) + -ette → festette (“he/she/it had someone paint (it/them)”)”

“megért (“to understand”) + -ette → megértette (“he/she/it made someone understand (it/them)”)”

“Megértette velük, hogy nem tehetnek ilyet.”

She made them understand that they couldn't do such a thing.

“szerkeszt (“to edit”) + -ette → szerkesztette (“he/she had someone edit (it/them)”)”

“Velünk szerkesztette az újságját.”

He had us edit his newspaper.

“émik (“to wake up, to be/keep awake”) + -ette → émette, imette, émetten, imetten, émett, imett, ímett (“awake”, literally “keeping awake”)”

“beszél (“to speak”) + -ette → beszélette (“while speaking”)”

“éhezik (“to starve”) + -ette → éhezette (“while starving”)”

“él (“to live”) + -ette → élette (“(while) alive”)”

“elmegy (“to go away, leave”) + -ette → elmenette (“on leaving”)”

“felkel (“to get up, to rise”) + -ette → felkelette (“while/on getting up”)”

“jön (“to come”) + -ette → jövette (“on coming”)”

“ül (“to sit”) + -ette → ülette (“while sitting”)”

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