-jük

See also: juk, Juk, and -juk

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [jyk]

Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

Suffix

-jük

  1. (possessive suffix) their (third-person plural, single possession)
    kert (“garden”) → a kertjük (“their garden”)
    érme (“coin”) → az érméjük (“their coin”)
Usage notes
  • (possessive suffix) Variants:
    -uk is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
    ház (“house”) → a házuk (“their house”)
    -ük is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant
    gyerek (“child”) → a gyerekük (“their child”)
    -juk is added to back vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.
    kar (“arm”) → a karjuk (“their arms”)
    hajó (“ship”) → a hajójuk (“their ship”)
    alma (“apple”) → az almájuk (“their apple”)
    -jük is added to front vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.
    kert (“garden”) → a kertjük (“their garden”)
    érme (“coin”) → az érméjük (“their coin”)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative -jük —
accusative -jüket —
dative -jüknek —
instrumental -jükkel —
causal-final -jükért —
translative -jükké —
terminative -jükig —
essive-formal -jükként —
essive-modal -jükül —
inessive -jükben —
superessive -jükön —
adessive -jüknél —
illative -jükbe —
sublative -jükre —
allative -jükhöz —
elative -jükből —
delative -jükről —
ablative -jüktől —

Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

Suffix

-jük

  1. (personal suffix) Used to form the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative mood, definite conjugation). The j assimilates to the final s, sz, z, dz.
    szeret (“to love”) → szeretjük (“we love something”)
    keres (“to seek”) → keressük (“we seek something, we are seeking something”)
Usage notes
  • (personal suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
    Present tense definite – personal endings
Person Back vowel Front vowel
unrounded rounded
én 1st person singular -om -em -öm
te 2nd person singular -od -ed -öd
ő
maga
ön		 3rd person singular or
formal 2nd person singular		 -ja -i
mi 1st person plural -juk -jük
ti 2nd person plural -játok -itek
ők
maguk
önök		 3rd person plural or
formal 2nd person plural		 -ják -ik
én 1st person singular subject
with 2nd person object		 -lak -lek
after two consonants
or a long vowel + t		 -alak -elek

See also
  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Category:Hungarian verb forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes
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