Meaning of -nek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Front-vowel variant of -nak. See details there.
   alt-of, dative, front-vowel, morpheme, suffix
2. Forms the third-person plural and formal second-person plural present tense (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation).
   morpheme, personal, suffix
3. Unrounded front-vowel variant -nok. See details there.
   morpheme
4. Forms the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
   conditional, morpheme, personal, suffix
5. Forms the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
   conditional, morpheme, personal, suffix
6. Forms the third-person singular conditional present indefinite.
   archaic, morpheme, personal, suffix

Equivalents

Examples

“énekel (“sing”) + -nek → énekelnek (“they sing, they are singing; (formal) you sing, you are singing”)”

“eretnek (“heretic”)”

“olvas (“to read”) + -nék → olvasnék (“I would read”)”

“Ma csak könyveket olvasnék.”

Today I would read only books.

“kér (“to ask”) + -nék → kérnék (“they would ask”)”

“Ők azt kérnék, hogy hívd fel őket.”

They would ask you to call them.

“Legeléskor csöndes, ehhöz semmi kedve, ¶ Mintha szeretné, ha más ennék helyette. [the horse] is quiet when grazing, he has no mood for it, ¶ as if he preferred someone else to eat for him.”

(literally, “…as if he preferred if someone else ate [would eat]…”)

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