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A HUNGARIAN GRAMMAR.
Megyen is only irregular in that it has two primitive forms (or roots) for the present tense, indicative mood; as—
| megyek | or | menek, I go; |
| mégy | „ | mész, thou goest; |
| megyen | „ | mén, he goes; |
| megyünk | „ | menünk, we go; |
| mentek, you go; | ||
| mennek, they go. |
The second and third person plural of the form megyen are wanting. In all other moods and tenses this verb takes mén as its root (infinitive menni), and is conjugated regularly as an intransitive verb.
Sz mortifying verbs are those whose verbal root terminates in sz, but which retain this sz only in the present tense of the indicative mood, while they drop or change it to other letters in all other cases. These, as has been already said, are mere euphonic modifications.
They are conjugated as follows:—
| hinni, to believe. | |
| Indicative Mood. | |
| Present Tense. | |
| Indefinite. | Definite. |
| hisz-ek, I believe. | hisz-em, I believe it. |
| hisz-esz, thou believest. | hisz-ed, thou believest it. |
| hisz, he believes. | hisz-i, he believes it. |
