Játszan

Játszan is a verbal stem associated with the Hungarian verb játszani, meaning “to play.” It is not normally used as an independent finite verb form in contemporary standard Hungarian. Instead, játszan serves as the base from which certain conjugations are formed, particularly the conditional mood.

Grammatical role and forms

- Conditional mood: forms built on the játszan stem include játszanék (I would play), játszanál (you would play), játszana (he/she/it would play), játszanánk (we would play), játszanátok (you would play), játszanak (they would play). The stem. játszan- becomes integrated with conditional endings to yield the full forms.

- Present subjunctive: the standard present subjunctive in Hungarian is formed as játsszon (that he/she/it plays). This is a different stem/orthography outcome than the játszan stem, reflecting Hungarian phonology and spelling rules for the cluster -sz- near endings.

- Other forms: the játszan stem also appears in various derived forms and in reference grammars as the base segment used to generate related conjugations.

Usage notes

- In everyday language, speakers typically use játszik (present indicative) or játszani (the infinitive) rather than isolated uses of játszan. The mathematical-looking stem játszan is mainly of interest to students of Hungarian morphology and to dictionaries or grammars that describe verb conjugation patterns.

- Orthography and phonology in Hungarian produce forms like játsszon in the present subjunctive, showing how spelling impacts the actual finished word.

See also

- játszani

- játék (game)

- játékszabály, játékszint, other related verb forms in Hungarian conjugation.