lettünk

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

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

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.

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

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].

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

lettünk

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