-análak
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See also: anālāk
Etymology
From -a- (linking vowel) + -ná (conditional suffix) + -lak (personal suffix).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-análak
- (personal conditional suffix) Forms the first-person singular present tense of transitive verbs with a second-person object (conditional mood, definite conjugation).
- tanít (“to teach”) + -análak → tanítanálak (“I would teach you”)
- Angolra tanítanálak. ― I would teach you English. (literally, “…to English.”)
Usage notes
- (personal conditional suffix) See harmonic variants in the table below.
| Person (subject) |
Verb ending |
Back vowel | Front vowel | 2nd-person object (informal “you”) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||||
| én (“I”) |
most types | -nálak | -nélek | téged | titeket / benneteket |
| two consonants or long vowel + t |
-análak | -enélek | |||
| When the 2nd-person object is addressed formally (önt/magát or their plural), the definite suffixes are used. See also: indefinite suffixes. | |||||
Conditional 2nd-person-object personal endings
See also
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