-nának

See also: nanak

Hungarian

Etymology

From -ná (conditional suffix) +‎ -nak (personal suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [naːnɒk]

Suffix

-nának

1. (conditional suffix) Forms the third-person plural present tense of verbs (conditional mood, indefinite conjugation).

   ‎olvas (“to read”) + ‎-nának → ‎olvasnának (“they would read”)

Usage notes

    Conditional indefinite – personal endings

Person		Back     vowel	Front vowel
			unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nék
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anék	-enék
te	2nd person singular	-nál	-nél
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anál	-enél
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-na	-ne
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-ana	-ene
mi	1st person plural	-nánk	-nénk
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anánk	-enénk
ti	2nd person plural	-nátok	-nétek
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anátok	-enétek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-nának	-nének
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anának	-enének
See also: present-tense definite-object suffixes and second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

• (conditional suffix) Variants:

  -nának is added to most back vowel verbs

  ‎vár (“to wait”) + ‎-nának → ‎várnának (“they would wait”)

  -nének is added to most front vowel verbs

  ‎kér (“to ask”) + ‎-nének → ‎kérnének (“they would ask”)

  -anának 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”) + ‎-anának → ‎mondanának (“they would say something”)

  ‎tanít (“to teach”) + ‎-anának → ‎tanítanának (“they would teach”)

  -enének is added to front vowel verbs ending in two consonants or in a long vowel + t

  ‎fest (“to paint”) + ‎-enének → ‎festenének (“they would paint”)

  ‎segít (“to help”) + ‎-enének → ‎segítenének (“they would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes