1. The present participle, ending in -ó, -ő; as, egy arató ember, a reaping man (a man that reaps).
2. The past participle, ending in -t, -ott, -ett, or -ött, with a passive character; as, az aratott gabona, the reaped corn.
3. The participle for the future tense, which ends in -andó, -endő, and is in most cases also of a passive character; as az aratandó búza, the wheat to be reaped.
Of these, the first two have adverbial forms; for the present, ending in -va, -ve, as sétálva, walking; and for the past tense, ending in -ván, -vén, as sétálván, having been walking.
The following examples will explain the use of the five participles:—
1. Egy szenvedő ember, a suffering man.
2. Egy szenvedett ember, a suffered man.
3. Egy szenvedendő ember, a man to be suffered.
4. Az ember szenvedve volt, the man was suffered.
5. Az ember szenvedvén, the man having been suffering.
The participles ending in -ván, -vén, express always a reason or condition by which another clause is determined; for instance. Pénzét elköltvén, ismét haza tért, having spent his money, he went home again.
Adverbial participles may have either an active or passive signification, but, like other adverbs, they are not inflected;
