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-enie

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From-e-(linking vowel) +‎-nie(conjugated infinitive suffix).

-enie

(conjugated infinitive suffix)Forms the third-person singular and the second-person singular formal of aninfinitive.
veszíteni(“to lose”) →Súlyt kell veszítenie. ―He/she hasto lose weight. /You (formal) haveto lose weight.

The conjugated infinitive denotes action connected to the person. The non-conjugated infinitive has a general meaning:
Itt nem szabad dohányoznia. ―S/he is not allowed to smoke here. (third person)
Itt nem szabad dohányozni. ―Smoking is not allowed here. (general)
With words like “important, necessary” etc., it is expressed in English as “for him/her to…”.
Fontos eljönnie. ―It is importantfor him/her to come here.or It is importantthat s/he come here.
Variants:
-nia is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with-ni
rohanni(“to run”) →Rohannia kell. ―He/she hasto run.
-nie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with-ni
nevetni(“to laugh”) →Nevetnie kell. ―He/she hasto laugh.
főzni(“to cook”) →Főznie kell. ―He/she hasto cook.
-ania is added to back-vowel words that form their infinitive with-ani
tanítani(“to teach”) →Tanítania kell. ―He/she hasto teach.
-enie is added to front-vowel words that form their infinitive with-eni
veszíteni(“to lose”) →Súlyt kell veszítenie. ―He/she hasto lose weight.

Conjugated infinitive – personal endings

Person		Back vowel	Front vowel
Person		Back vowel	unrounded	rounded
én	1st person singular	-nom	-nem	-nöm
én	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anom	-enem
te	2nd person singular	-nod	-ned	-nöd
te	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anod	-ened
ő maga ön	3rd person singular	-nia	-nie
ő maga ön	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-ania	-enie
mi	1st person plural	-nunk	-nünk
mi	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anunk	-enünk
ti	2nd person plural	-notok	-netek	-nötök
ti	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-anotok	-enetek
ők maguk önök	3rd person plural	-niuk	-niük
	after two consonants or a long vowel + t	-aniuk	-eniük
	archaic/dialectal	-niok	-niök