Meaning of -ettelek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Forms the first-person singular past tense of verbs with second-person object (definite conjugation).
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2. Forms the first-person plural causative past tense of verbs (with a second-person object), used with -val/-vel, e.g. vele, velük etc., otherwise coinciding with the above forms.
   morpheme

Examples

“fest (“to paint”) + -ettelek → festettelek (“I (have/had) painted you”)”

“ért (“to understand”) + -ettelek → értettelek (“I understood you”)”

“segít (“to help”) + -ettelek → segítettelek (“I (have/had) helped you”)”

“fest (“to paint”) + -ettelek → festettelek (“I made someone paint you [I commissioned someone to make a painting of you]”)”

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