# -jük
## Hungarian
### Alternative forms

* -jök (dialectal)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [jyk]
* Rhymes: -yk

### Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

#### Suffix

-jük
* (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)
    ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (“their coin”)

##### Usage notes

* (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -uk is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant
       ‎ház (“house”) + ‎-uk → ‎házuk (“their house”)
    -ük is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant
       ‎gyerek (“child”) + ‎-ük → ‎gyerekük (“their child”)
    -juk is added to back-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
       ‎kar (“arm”) + ‎-juk → ‎karjuk (“their arms”)
       ‎hajó (“ship”) + ‎-juk → ‎hajójuk (“their ship”)
       ‎alma (“apple”) + ‎-juk → ‎almájuk (“their apple”)
    -jük is added to front-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
       ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-jük → ‎kertjük (“their garden”)
       ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-jük → ‎érméjük (“their coin”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

#### Suffix

-jük
* (personal suffix) Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative and subjunctive mood, definite conjugation). The -j- assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.
    ‎szeret (“to love”) + ‎-jük → ‎szeretjük (“we love [him/her/it/them]”)
    ‎keres (“to seek”) + ‎-jük → ‎keressük (“we seek something, we are seeking [him/her/it/them]”)

##### Usage notes

* (personal suffix) See harmonic variants and the assimilation of j in the tables below.
| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -om | -em | -öm |
| te | 2nd person singular | -od | -ed | -öd |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular or formal 2nd person singular | -ja | -i | -i |
| mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük | -jük |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -itek | -itek |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural or formal 2nd person plural | -ják | -ik | -ik |
| See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |||||
| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel |
| én | 1st person singular | -jam | -jem |
| te | 2nd person singular | -d | -d |
| te | long form | -jad | -jed |
| ő maga / ön | 3rd person singular | -ja | -je |
| mi | 1st person plural | -juk | -jük |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -játok | -jétek |
| ők maguk / önök | 3rd person plural | -ják | -jék |
| See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. ||||
| Verb ending | Assimilation rules of -j | Assimilation rules of -j | Assimilation rules of -j |
| s sz z dz | The -j assimilates to the verb ending:   keres →‎ keress   metsz →‎ metssz   hoz →‎ hozz   edz →‎ eddz (No change in the short -d form of 2nd-person singular definite: keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.) | The -j assimilates to the verb ending:   keres →‎ keress   metsz →‎ metssz   hoz →‎ hozz   edz →‎ eddz (No change in the short -d form of 2nd-person singular definite: keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.) | The -j assimilates to the verb ending:   keres →‎ keress   metsz →‎ metssz   hoz →‎ hozz   edz →‎ eddz (No change in the short -d form of 2nd-person singular definite: keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.) |
| st szt | The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:   fest →‎ fess   fáraszt →‎ fárassz Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd. | The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:   fest →‎ fess   fáraszt →‎ fárassz Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd. | The -t is removed, the -j assimilates to the -s, -sz:   fest →‎ fess   fáraszt →‎ fárassz Short -d forms: fesd, fáraszd. |
| long vowel + t or consonant + t | The -j becomes -s:   segít →‎ segíts   bont →‎ bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd. | The -j becomes -s:   segít →‎ segíts   bont →‎ bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd. | The -j becomes -s:   segít →‎ segíts   bont →‎ bonts Exceptions: bocsát → bocsáss, lát → láss Short -d forms: segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd. |
| short vowel + t | Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:   mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd. | Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:   mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd. | Both the stem-final -t and the -j become -s:   mutat → mutass, szeret → szeress Short -d forms: mutasd, szeresd. |

### See also

* Category:Hungarian noun forms
* Category:Hungarian verb forms
* Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes