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46 called "deponent verbs," being like the Latin deponent verbs, passive in form, and active in meaning.

All medial verbs end in the third person singular of the present tense (indicative mood), in -ik; the active verbs—intransitive and transitive—have no distinguishing sign, but stand in the third person in their primitive form (root of the verb).

On account of this characteristic of the two forms, Hungarian grammarians call them frequently ikes and iktelen ige—i.e., verbs with -ik and verbs without -ik.

The division of the Hungarian verbs is therefore—

I. Active Verbs (without -ik).

(a) transitive; (b) intransitive.

II. Medial Verbs (with -ik).

(a) active or deponent; (b) passive; (c) neuter.

These two classes follow each a different conjugation.

There are five moods:—

1. The indicative mood makes a positive assertion without any clauses or conditions; as, írok, I write.