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Documentation for Template:hu-pos-atok. [edit]
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Usage

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This template generates the possessive forms of Hungarian nouns with the following characteristics:

  • Their final letter is a consonant: ház (house).
  • They form their second-person possessive plural by adding -atok: házatok (your house).

The possessive template should be placed after the ====Declension==== header, under the regular declension template.

Unnamed parameters

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1=
stem, remains unchanged in all forms. If the noun shortens or drops a vowel, provide the modified stem.
2=
either blank or j; if the singular noun uses j in third-person, provide j, otherwise blank
az ő háza - his/her house
az ő vadja - his/her game
3=
ai or jai, the third-person singular possessive ending for a plural noun
az ő házai - his/her houses
az ő vadjai - his/her games

Named parameters

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n=sg
add this parameter if the noun has only singular forms. The plural column will contain dashes.
n=pl
add this parameter if the noun has only plural forms. The singular column will contain dashes.
longstem=
the long stem of the word if it is used in third-person and all the plural forms
út - utam, utad, útja, utunk, utatok, útjuk

Examples

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For ház (house) (it doesn't use -j-):

{{hu-pos-atok|ház||ai}}

For hatalom (power) (the stem drops a vowel):

{{hu-pos-atok|hatalm||ai}}

For szamár (donkey) (the stem shortens):

{{hu-pos-atok|szamar||ai}}

For vad (game) (it uses -j-):

{{hu-pos-atok|vad|j|jai}}

For út (road) (it uses two different stems):

{{hu-pos-atok|ut|j|jai|longstem=út}}