tessenek

Hungarian

Etymology

tetszik +‎ -jenek (personal suffix)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɛʃːɛnɛk]
  • Hyphenation: tes‧se‧nek

Verb

tessenek

  1. alternative form of tetsszenek, third-person plural subjunctive present indefinite of tetszik
  2. (auxiliary, with a verb in the infinitive, plural addressee) please, would you?, kindly (in requests, esp. towards elderly people, clients, or by children towards adults, used as a polite alternative to the imperative mood)
    Tessenek helyet foglalni! ― Would you [guests] please take a seat?

Usage notes

Since the subject of tetszik is technically the action, not the person whom it pleases (see Usage notes there), a specified plural addressee would assume the dative case (-nak/-nek) with the singular form of the auxiliary verb:

Tessék a hölgyeknek beljebb fáradni! ― Would the ladies please come in?
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