lettünk

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Verb

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

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

Verb

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

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

Noun

lettünk

1. (rare) first-person plural single-possession possessive of lett

Declension

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	—