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while the adjectival participles are inflected as adjectives, and, like these, may stand for the substantive; for instance—

1. Egy szenvedő ember, a suffering man;

2. Egy szenvedő, ember  a sufferer.

Note.—The present participle may be used either as adjective or substantive. In the first case it is translated into English with the present participle (as shown above in sentence 1): in the second by the substantive derived from the respective verb by inflecting it with -er; for instance, szenvedő, sufferer; iró, writer; látogató, visitor, &c.

Before other verbs can be conjugated, it is necessary to learn the irregular verb lenni, to be.

Indicative Mood.

Present Tense.			Imperfect Tense.
vagyok,	I am.		valék,	I was.
vagy,	thou art.		valál,	thou wast.
van or vagyon,	he is.		vala,	he was.
vagyunk,	we are.		valánk,	we were.
vagytok,	you are.		valátok,	you were.
vannak or vagynak,	they are.		valának,	they were.
Perfect or Past Tense.
voltam,	I have been.		voltunk,	we have been.
voltál,	thou hast been.		voltatok,	you have been.
volt,	he has been.		voltak,	they have been.