# -nék
## Hungarian
### Etymology

From -né (conditional suffix) +‎ -k (personal suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [neːk]

### Suffix

-nék
* (personal conditional suffix) Forms the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).
    ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-nék → ‎olvasnék (“I would read”)
    Ma csak könyveket olvasnék. ― Today I would read only books.
* (personal conditional suffix) Forms the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
    ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-nék → ‎kérnék (“they would ask”)
    Ők azt kérnék, hogy hívd fel őket. ― They would ask you to call them.
* (personal suffix, archaic, only with -ik verbs) Forms the third-person singular conditional present indefinite.
** 1854, János Vajda, Béla királyfi (‘Prince Béla’)
    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]…”)
    Synonym: (current form) -ne

#### Usage notes

| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -nék | -nék | -nék |
| én | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anék | -enék | -enék |
| te | 2nd person singular | -nál | -nél | -nél |
| te | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anál | -enél | -enél |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | -na | -ne | -ne |
| ő maga ön | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -ana | -ene | -ene |
| mi | 1st person plural | -nánk | -nénk | -nénk |
| mi | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anánk | -enénk | -enénk |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | -nétek |
| ti | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anátok | -enétek | -enétek |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -nának | -nének | -nének |
| ők maguk önök | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anának | -enének | -enének |
| See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |||||
* (personal conditional suffix, indefinite first-person singular) Variants:
    -nék is added to most verbs (there is no back-vowel variant in standard Hungarian)
       ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-nék → ‎várnék (“I would wait”)
    -anék is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
       ‎mond (“to say something”) + ‎-anék → ‎mondanék (“I would say something”)
       ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-anék → ‎tanítanék (“I would teach”)
    -enék is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
       ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-enék → ‎festenék (“I would paint”)
       ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-enék → ‎segítenék (“I would help”)
| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -nám | -ném | -ném |
| én | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anám | -eném | -eném |
| te | 2nd person singular | -nád | -néd | -néd |
| te | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anád | -enéd | -enéd |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | -ná | -né | -né |
| ő maga ön | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -aná | -ené | -ené |
| mi | 1st person plural | -nánk (archaic -nók) | -nénk (archaic -nők) | -nénk (archaic -nők) |
| mi | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anánk (archaic -anók) | -enénk (archaic -enők) | -enénk (archaic -enők) |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -nátok | -nétek | -nétek |
| ti | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anátok | -enétek | -enétek |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -nák | -nék | -nék |
| ők maguk önök | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anák | -enék | -enék |
| See also: present-tense indefinite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |||||
* (personal conditional suffix) Variants:
    -nák is added to most back-vowel verbs
       ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-nák → ‎várnák (“they would expect”)
          A szülők azt várnák, hogy a gyerekek tanuljanak. ― The parents would expect the children to study.
    -nék is added to most front-vowel verbs
       ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-nék → ‎kérnék (“they would ask”)
          A szüleim azt kérnék, hogy hívd fel őket. ― My parents would (like to) ask you to call them.
    -anák is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t (exceptions: áll, száll, varr, forr, lát)
       ‎mond (“to say”) + ‎-anák → ‎mondanák (“they would say”)
          Nem mondanák, ha nem lenne igaz. ― They would not say it if it weren't true.
       ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-anák → ‎tanítanák (“they would teach”)
          Ők tanítanák a gyerekeket. ― They would teach the children.
    -enék is added to front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t
       ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-enék → ‎festenék (“they would paint”)
          Ők festenék a házat. ― They would paint the house.
       ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-enék → ‎segítenék (“they would help”)
          Ők segítenék a családot. ― They would help the family.

### See also

* Category:Hungarian verb forms
* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes