Elküldtünk

Elküldtünk is the Hungarian past tense form of the verb elküldeni, meaning “we sent” or “we have sent.” It is the first-person plural past tense and is written as a single word: elküldtünk. The prefix el- adds a sense of completion or sending something away, combined with küld, “to send,” and the personal ending -tünk.

In ordinary Hungarian sentences, elküldtünk is used with a direct object, for example in a sentence like “Elküldtünk egy levelet” (We sent a letter). The form can also appear in more general statements such as “Elküldtünk mindent” (We sent everything). Like many Hungarian verb forms, it can function with either definite or indefinite objects depending on the broader sentence structure.

Elküldtünk can also occur as a standalone phrase in contexts such as headlines, summaries, or narrative lines, where it conveys that a sending action was completed by a group. In such uses, it relies on surrounding context to identify what was sent and to whom.

Etymology and construction: elküldeni is formed from the prefix el- (often indicating completion or sending away) and küldeni (to send). The form elküldtünk marks the action as completed by “we” in the past. This pattern is common across Hungarian verbs and mirrors how tense and person are encoded in the language.

See also: elküldés (the noun form “the sending”), küldeni (to send), magyar igei ragozás (Hungarian verb conjugation).