lettünk

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Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɛtːyŋk]
  • Hyphenation: let‧tünk

Etymology 1

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From the le- stem of lesz (to become) +‎ -ttünk (first-person plural indicative past-tense personal suffix).

Verb

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lettünk

  1. first-person plural indicative past of lesz (we have become, we became)
    Orvosok lettünk.We have become (or we became) doctors.
  2. construed with volna: first-person plural conditional past of lesz (we would have become, [if] we had become)
    Legszívesebben orvosok lettünk volna.We’d have preferably become doctors or What we wanted to do best was become doctors.

Etymology 2

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From the le- suppletive stem of van (to be) +‎ -ttünk (first-person plural indicative past-tense personal suffix).

Verb

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lettünk

  1. Only used in lettünk volna (first-person plural conditional past of van, we would have been, [if] we had been).
    Ha metróval jövünk (or jöttünk volna), időben itt lettünk volna.If we had taken the subway, we would have been here on time.
    Ha itt lettünk volna, segítettünk volna.If we had been here, we would have helped [you].

Etymology 3

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lett (a Latvian person) +‎ -ünk (our, first-person plural possessive suffix)

Noun

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lettünk

  1. (rare) first-person plural single-possession possessive of lett
Declension
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Inflection (stem in -e-, front rounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative lettünk
accusative lettünket
dative lettünknek
instrumental lettünkkel
causal-final lettünkért
translative lettünkké
terminative lettünkig
essive-formal lettünkként
essive-modal
inessive lettünkben
superessive lettünkön
adessive lettünknél
illative lettünkbe
sublative lettünkre
allative lettünkhöz
elative lettünkből
delative lettünkről
ablative lettünktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
lettünké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
lettünkéi