lettem

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛtːɛm]
• Hyphenation: let‧tem

Etymology 1

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

Verb

lettem

1. first-person singular indicative past of lesz (“I have become, I became”)

   Orvos lettem. ― I have become (or I became) a doctor.

2. construed with volna: first-person singular conditional past of lesz (“I would have become, [if] I had become”)

   Legszívesebben orvos lettem volna. ― I’d have preferably become a doctor or What I wanted to do best was become a doctor.

Etymology 2

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

Verb

lettem

1. Only used in lettem volna (first-person singular conditional past of van, “I would have been, [if] I had been”).

   Ha metróval jövök (or jöttem volna), időben itt lettem volna. ― If I had taken the subway, I would have been here on time.

   Ha itt lettem volna, segítettem volna. ― If I had been here, I would have helped [you].

Etymology 3

lett (“a Latvian person”) +‎ -em (“my”, first-person singular possessive suffix)

Noun

lettem

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	lettem	—
accusative	lettemet	—
dative	lettemnek	—
instrumental	lettemmel	—
causal-final	lettemért	—
translative	lettemmé	—
terminative	lettemig	—
essive-formal	lettemként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	lettemben	—
superessive	lettemen	—
adessive	lettemnél	—
illative	lettembe	—
sublative	lettemre	—
allative	lettemhez	—
elative	lettemből	—
delative	lettemről	—
ablative	lettemtől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	lettemé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	letteméi	—