Jutottunk

Jutottunk is a Hungarian verb form meaning “we reached” or “we arrived,” functioning as the past tense, first-person plural form of the verb jutni, which conveys ideas of coming to, reaching, or attaining a destination or state. The form indicates a completed action by the group speaking.

Morphology and conjugation are characteristic of Hungarian verbs formed with a stem ending in -t- and the usual past tense suffix -t, combined with the personal ending -unk for the first person plural. The infinitive is jutni, and the present tense corresponding form for “we come to/ reach” is jutunk, while the past tense form is jutottunk.

Usage of jutottunk varies with context and prefixed forms. In its unprefixed sense, it can describe arriving at a place or reaching a goal in the past. When combined with directional prefixes, the meaning shifts: eljutottunk indicates that the group managed to reach a destination (for example, a city or goal), while bejutottunk can imply entering or gaining access to a place. The verb thus often appears in travel narratives, progress reports, and accounts of achieving aims.

Etymology traces jutni to the root jut-, connected to meanings around coming to or reaching. The past tense suffixes in Hungarian are regular, and jutottunk shares the same morphological pattern as other verbs in the same conjugation class, making it recognizable to speakers familiar with standard Hungarian verb forms.

See also: jutni, eljutni, bejutni, szituációk használata.