# -tek
## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɛk]
* Rhymes: -ɛk

### Etymology 1
#### Suffix

-tek
* (personal suffix) Forms the second-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, indefinite conjugation; exceptionally also in the unmarked subjunctive/imperative form gyertek).
    ‎ebédel (“to lunch”) + ‎-tek → ‎ebédeltek (“you lunch”)
    Ti mikor ebédeltek? ― What time are you having lunch?
* (possessive suffix) your (second-person plural informal, single possession)
    ‎reggeli (“breakfast”) + ‎-tek → ‎reggelitek (“your breakfast”)
    ‎zene (“music”) + ‎-tek → ‎zenétek (“your music”)

##### Usage notes

| Person | Person | Back vowel | Front vowel | Front vowel |
| Person | Person | Back vowel | unrounded | rounded |
| én | 1st person singular | -ok | -ek | -ök |
| én | -ik verbs (optional) | -om | -em | -öm |
| te | 2nd person singular | -sz | -sz | -sz |
| te | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -asz | -esz | -esz |
| te | after s, sz, z, dz | -ol | -el | -öl |
| ő maga ön | 3rd person singular | – | – | – |
| ő maga ön | -ik verbs | -ik | -ik | -ik |
| mi | 1st person plural | -unk | -ünk | -ünk |
| ti | 2nd person plural | -tok | -tek | -tök |
| ti | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -otok | -etek | -ötök |
| ők maguk önök | 3rd person plural | -nak | -nek | -nek |
| ők maguk önök | after two consonants or a long vowel + t | -anak | -enek | -enek |
| See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing. |||||
* (personal suffix) Variants:
    -tok is added to back-vowel verbs
    -tek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs
    -tök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs
    -otok is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
    -etek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
    -ötök is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or -ít
* (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -tok is added to back-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    -tek is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -tök is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a vowel
    -otok is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -atok is added to other back-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -etek is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ötök is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

### Etymology 2

From -t (past-tense suffix) +‎ -ek (plural suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* -tenek (archaic, but only alongside -tek)

#### Suffix

-tek
* (past-tense suffix) Forms the third-person plural past tense of verbs (indefinite conjugation).
    ‎ebédel (“to lunch”) + ‎-tek → ‎ebédeltek (“they (have/had) lunch”)
    Ők mikor ebédeltek? ― What time did they have lunch?

##### Usage notes

* (past-tense suffix) Variants:
    -tak is added to most back-vowel verbs
    -tek is added to most front-vowel verbs
    -ttak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, rí, szí; ó, ró; fú)
    -ttek is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (lő, nő, sző; nyű)
    -ottak is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, nyit, except lát)
    -ettek is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)
    -öttek is added to rounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (köt, süt, üt)

### See also

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