-ottam

Hungarian

Etymology

From -ott (past-tense suffix) +‎ -am (first-person singular suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [otːɒm]

Suffix

-ottam

1. (past-tense suffix) Forms the first-person singular past tense of verbs (indefinite and definite conjugation).

   tanít (“to teach”) → Fizikát tanítottam. ― I taught physics.

Usage notes

• (past-tense suffix) Variants:

  -tam is added to most back-vowel verbs

  -tem is added to most front-vowel verbs

  -ttam is added to back-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (hí, fú, ó, ró, rí, szí)

  -ttem is added to front-vowel verbs ending in a vowel (fő, jő, lő, nő, nyű, sző)

  -ottam is added to back-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (fut, hat, jut, nyit, except lát)

  -ettem is added to unrounded front-vowel verbs ending in two consonants or a long vowel + t, or to monosyllables ending in -t (vet)

  -öttem 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 verb forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes