Indicative

We use the passive when, for some reason, we do not mention the agent of the action, the actor, who is in the subject position in the active structure. Therefore, in this case, the emphasis in the sentence is transferred to another part of the sentence.

In the Hungarian language, in addition to the old forms -etik, -atik, -tetik, -tatik - which can now be read mainly in older, written texts (e.g. adatik, méltóztatik, dicsértetik, etc.) – we use many other forms.

Let's take some examples in declarative mode:

-ódik,-ődik, -odik, -ödik – Az ablak becsukódik; Az alma kipirosodik

-ul,-ül – Mindenki értesül róla; Szépen alkonyul

-ad Szépen pirkad
-an Roppan a csont

Ikes verbs sometimes also express a passive structure, e.g. törik, látszik, kezdődik, érzik, etc.