keltünk

Keltünk is a Hungarian verb form that functions as the first-person plural past tense of the verb kelni, meaning to rise or to get up. It is used to describe actions performed by the speaker and others in the past, most commonly waking up in the morning or rising physically, as in the sun rising. For example, "Ma korán keltünk" translates to "We got up early." The form is primarily intransitive, referring to the subject’s own act of rising.

Etymology and related forms: The verb kelni is native Hungarian, with the stem kel-. The past plural form is keltünk, formed from the same root with the standard past tense suffix. Related forms include kelünk (present tense: we rise) and felkelni (to rise or to wake up, often used with the prefix fel- to indicate waking up or rising, as in the sun or a person waking). The past tense of felkelni for the first person plural is felkeltünk, illustrating how prefixation can yield related meanings with different nuance.

Usage notes: Keltünk appears in everyday language as a simple, practical way to describe waking up or rising in the past. It can be used in diaries, narratives, and conversational speech. Distinctions between similar verbs (such as felkelni and kelni) depend on whether the emphasis is on the act of getting up oneself, the sun’s rise, or a broader, sometimes figurative rise.

In sum, keltünk is a standard past-tense form conveying group-sovereign action of rising, most often used for waking up or for describing what happened in the morning.