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231. As is seen from the paradigm § 208 the passive may be formed through all its tenses by means of the auxiliary blive; but in the present, imperfect and infinitive (accordingly also in the future) there also occurs another form ending in -es.

232. Some verbs which only occur in passive form and some others, that have both an active and a passive form, but with an entirely different meaning, are called deponent verbs; Ex. lykkes to succeed; blues to be ashamed; længes to long; ældes to grow old; mindes to remember (but minde to remind), findes to exist (but finde to find), gives to exist (G. es giebt’ from give to give). These deponent verbs, and to this