pysymään

Pysymään is the long infinitive form of the Finnish verb pysyä, meaning to stay or remain. It is a non-finite verb form used in certain grammatical constructions where the action of staying is the intended or contemplated event, often in combination with another finite verb.

In Finnish, the long infinitive with the ending -mään (as in pysymään) is used after certain verbs and in adjunct clauses to indicate an intended or contemplated action, such as going somewhere in order to stay there. The form signals the action of staying without providing information about tense or subject by itself; tense and person are given by the finite verb in the main clause.

Common uses include:

- Expressing intention in combination with a motion verb, for example to convey “go and stay somewhere” (Mennään pysymään hotellissa yö).

- Indicating remaining in a state or location in phrases like pysyä poissa meaning to stay away or remain out of a place.

- Appearing in subordinate clauses where the action of staying is the event referenced by another verb, often with conjunctions such as jotta or että in more literary or formal styles.

Relation to other forms:

- Pysymään is derived from pysyä; the base stem is pysy-, and -mään marks the long infinitive form.

- It does not conjugate for person or tense; its function is determined by the finite verb that governs the clause.

- Related forms include the bare infinitive pysyä, the noun pysyminen (the act of staying), and other inflected forms of pysyä.

See also: pysyä, pysyminen, Finnish long infinitive, Finnish grammar.