Meaning of lettünk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. first-person plural indicative past of lesz (“we have become, we became”)
   first-person, form-of, indicative, past, plural
2. only used in lettünk volna (first-person plural conditional past of van, “we would have been, [if] we had been”).
3. construed with volna: first-person plural conditional past of lesz (“we would have become, [if] we had become”)

Examples

“Orvosok lettünk.”

We have become (or we became) doctors.

“Legszívesebben orvosok lettünk volna.”

We’d have preferably become doctors or What we wanted to do best was become doctors.

“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].

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