-jük

See also:juk,Juk,and-juk

Hungarian

Alternative forms

• -jök(dialectal)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[jyk]
• Rhymes:-yk

Etymology 1

Possessive suffix.

Suffix

-jük

2. (possessive suffix)their(third-person plural, single possession)

   ‎kert(“garden”)+ ‎-jük→ ‎kertjük(“theirgarden”)

   ‎érme(“coin”)+ ‎-jük→ ‎érméjük(“theircoin”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -ukis added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎ház(“house”)+ ‎-uk→ ‎házuk(“theirhouse”)

  -ükis added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎gyerek(“child”)+ ‎-ük→ ‎gyerekük(“theirchild”)

  -jukis added to back-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final-achanges to-á-.

  ‎kar(“arm”)+ ‎-juk→ ‎karjuk(“theirarms”)

  ‎hajó(“ship”)+ ‎-juk→ ‎hajójuk(“theirship”)

  ‎alma(“apple”)+ ‎-juk→ ‎almájuk(“theirapple”)

  -jükis added to front-vowel words ending either in a consonant or a vowel. Final-echanges to-é-.

  ‎kert(“garden”)+ ‎-jük→ ‎kertjük(“theirgarden”)

  ‎érme(“coin”)+ ‎-jük→ ‎érméjük(“theircoin”)

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	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	-jüké	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	-jükéi	—

Etymology 2

Personal suffix.

Suffix

-jük

2. (personal suffix)Forms the first-person plural present tense of verbs (indicative and subjunctive mood, definite conjugation). The-j-assimilates to the finals, sz, z, dz.

   ‎szeret(“to love”)+ ‎-jük→ ‎szeretjük(“welove [him/her/it/them]”)

   ‎keres(“to seek”)+ ‎-jük→ ‎keressük(“weseek something,we areseeking[him/her/it/them]”)

Usage notes

• (personal suffix)See harmonic variants and the assimilation of j in the tables 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
See also: present-tenseindefinite-object suffixesand second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.

Subjunctive/imperative definite – personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
én	1st person singular	-jam	-jem
te	2nd person singular	-d
	long form	-jad	-jed
ő maga/ön	3rd person singular	-ja	-je
mi	1st person plural	-juk	-jük
ti	2nd person plural	-játok	-jétek
ők maguk/önök	3rd person plural	-ják	-jék
See also: present-tenseindefinite-object suffixesand second-person-object suffixes for informal addressing.
Verb ending	Assimilation rules of-j
s sz z dz	The-jassimilates to the verb ending:   keres→‎ keress   metsz→‎ metssz   hoz→‎ hozz   edz→‎ eddz (No change in the short-dform of 2nd-person singular definite:keresd, metszd, hozd, edzd.)
st szt	The-tis removed,the-jassimilates to the-s, -sz:   fest→‎ fess   fáraszt→‎ fárassz Short-dforms:fesd, fáraszd.
long vowel +t or consonant +t	The-jbecomes-s:   segít→‎ segíts   bont→‎ bonts Exceptions:bocsát→ bocsáss,lát→ láss Short-dforms:segítsd, bontsd; lásd, bocsásd.
short vowel +t	Both the stem-final-tand the-jbecome-s:   mutat→ mutass,szeret→ szeress Short-dforms:mutasd, szeresd.

See also

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