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Meaning of -t | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR A2
[t]

Definitions

  1. Forms the accusative case for nouns, adjectives, pronouns and numerals.
    accusative, morpheme, suffix
  2. past-tense and past-participle suffix (homonymous form in the vast majority of verbs):
    morpheme
  3. -ed, -t (forms the past tense of a verb)
    morpheme
  4. Added to a verb to form a noun.
    morpheme
  5. in (added to a noun or an adjective to form the locative case)
    archaic, locative, morpheme, suffix
  6. A causative (e.g. kelt, teremt) or instantaneous (e.g. ért, tilt) suffix for verbs.
    morpheme, obsolete
  7. -ed, -t (forms the past participle of a verb)
    morpheme

Equivalents

Bosanski at
English -ed at
Esperanto -is
Español -ado
فارسی ـت ـدار
Suomi -kas -nen
Hrvatski at
Magyar -as -es -ett -jú -os -ött -s -tt -u
Bahasa Indonesia ber-
日本語 -た 気味
한국어 -았
Kurdî -de -êd -îş -t ber-
Bahasa Melayu ber-
Nederlands -ig ge- -d
Polski -ny -y
Русский -ла -ли -ло
Српски at
Svenska -ad -de -ig -t
Українська -ла -ло
Tiếng Việt đá

Examples

“Sok külföldit láttam a városban.”

I saw many foreigners in the city.

“Vettem egy órát.”

I bought a watch.

“Sok embert láttunk.”

We saw many people.

“Hány könyvet vettél? ― Kettőt.”

How many books did you buy? ― Two.

“Kínában élt 10 évig.”

He lived in China for 10 years.

“Zárt ajtók mögött tanácskoztak.”

They held a discussion behind closed doors.

“lesz (“to become something”) + -t → lét (“existence, life”)”
“tesz (“to make, do, place”) + -t → tét (“bet”)”
“Kaposvár (“Kaposvár, Hungarian town”) + -t → Kaposvárt (“in Kaposvár”)”
“köz (“gap”) + -t → közt (“between, among”)”
“terem (“to come into existence”) + -t → teremt (“to create”)”

CEFR level

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

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