fáztam

Fáztam is a Hungarian verb form meaning "I was cold" or "I shivered." It is the first-person singular past tense of the verb fázik (to be cold) or fázni (to be cold in general). In ordinary speech, fáztam describes a temporary sensation of cold or exposure to cold conditions.

Etymology and form: The root fáz- is related to the concept of cold and is connected to words such as fagy (frost). The past tense is built with the suffix -tam, yielding fáztam for the first-person singular. The form is intransitive and describes the speaker’s state, not an action performed on an object.

Usage: Fáztam is used to express that one felt cold in a given moment or period. It can occur with references to weather or environment (for example, cold wind, chilly room) and often appears with time markers like tegnap este, most, vagy akkor. A closely related expression is megfáztam, meaning "I caught a cold" as an illness, which uses a different verb with a similar root. It is important to distinguish fáztam (state of feeling cold) from fáj (to hurt), which describes pain rather than temperature.

Examples:

- Tegnap fárasztó volt az idő, és én fáztam.

- Tegnap este nagyon fújt a szél, és én fáztam.

- Megfáztam a hétvégén.

See also: fázik, fázni, megfázás, megfázik.