lettünk
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== 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
first-person plural indicative past of lesz (“we have become, we became”)
Orvosok lettünk. ― We have become (or we became) doctors.
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
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
(rare) first-person plural single-possession possessive of lett
===== Declension =====