Hungarian

Suffix

-nám

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person singular present tense of verbs (conditional mood, definite conjugation).

   olvas ‎(“to read”) → olvasnám ‎(“I would read”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -nám is added to most back vowel verbs

  vár ‎(“to wait”) → várnám ‎(“I would wait”)

  -ném is added to most front vowel verbs

  kér ‎(“to ask”) → kérném ‎(“I would ask”)

  -anám 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”) → mondanám ‎(“I would say”)

  tanít ‎(“to teach”) → tanítanám ‎(“I would teach”)

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

  fest ‎(“to paint”) → festeném ‎(“I would paint”)

  segít ‎(“to help”) → segíteném ‎(“I would help”)

See also

• Category:Hungarian verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes