Tiéd

Tiéd is the Hungarian independent possessive pronoun meaning “yours.” It denotes that a thing belongs to the person or people addressed and is used without a noun following it. In sentences it can function as a predicative element, as in Ez a könyv tiéd. For addressing more than one person, the corresponding form is tiétek, as in Ezek a kulcsok tiétek?

Tiéd is part of a set of independent possessive pronouns in Hungarian. The standard forms include enyém (mine), tiéd (yours, singular informal), övé (his/her/its), mienk (ours), tiétek (yours, plural informal), and övék (theirs). When referring to possession before a noun in a typical noun phrase, Hungarian usually uses a possessive suffix on the noun (például a te könyved, “your book”), rather than the independent pronoun tiéd.

Usage notes:

- Tiéd is used to answer questions about ownership or to identify ownership directly, either after a demonstrative or as a standalone response (e.g., Ez a tiéd? / Tiéd?).

- The plural form tiétek is used when the addressees are more than one.

- The independent possessive pronouns form a parallel set with the person and number marking found in other possessive pronouns in Hungarian, aligning with the corresponding subject pronouns (te/ti, ő, mi, ők).

In summary, tiéd is the standard independent possessive pronoun for “yours” in Hungarian, with tiétek used for plural addressees, and it sits alongside a broader system of possessive pronouns and possessive determiners in the language.