Defective Verbs.
Defective verbs are those which have only certain particular tenses and persons. They are:
1. nincs or nincsen (negative of van), is not, or has not.
Plural: nincsenek, are not, or has none.
Note.—If the agent is in the nominative case, nincsen is to be translated (like van) by the verb "to be" with the negative "not"; with the attributive case, it is to be rendered by "to have" negatived; as—
| nekem nincs | I have not. |
| neked nincs | thou hast not. |
| neki nincs | he has not, &c. |
Nincs is a contraction of nem, "not," and van, "is." If used in the sense o£ "to be," this contracted form can be used only in the third person singular and third person plural: in all other tenses and persons they are to be separated; as—
- atyám nincs itt, my father is not here.
- atyám nem volt itt, my father was not here.
- ő nincs, he is not.
- én nem vagyok, I am not.
2. Sincs, sincsen—plural: sincsenek—are contractions oi sem, neither, and nincs, nincsen, or nincsenek; for instance, a bátyám nincs itthon, my elder brother is not at home; anyám sincs, nor
