Iszik

Iszik is a Hungarian verb meaning "to drink." It is used to describe the act of consuming liquids. The infinitive is inni, and iszik is the present tense form used for third-person singular, while the other present-tense forms follow a regular pattern with the stem isz-.

In the present simple, the forms are: én iszom, te iszol, ő iszik, mi iszunk, ti iszotok, ők isznak. The verb governs a direct object in the accusative when specifying what is being drunk, for example vizet (water) or sört (beer). Common present-tense usage includes phrases like "vizet iszom" (I drink water) and "sört iszik" (he drinks beer).

Iszik is irregular in some past-tense forms because Hungarian also uses the related verb inni, meaning "to drink." For example, past forms for the verb in general include ittam for I drank (from inni) and ivott for he/she drank (from iszik). You can say "Én ittam vizet" to mean "I drank water" and "Ő ivott vizet" for "He/She drank water." The plural past forms follow the same pattern with corresponding endings.

Usage notes: iszik mainly appears with liquids, but can be extended metaphorically to describe drinking in a broad sense, such as consuming beverages at meals or socially. It is widely used in everyday language, media, and literature, and it forms the basis for many related expressions involving drinking.

See also: inni, conjugation patterns in Hungarian, Hungarian verbs of consumption.