tárolhat

Tárolhat is a Hungarian verb form derived from tárolni, meaning to store or to keep. It expresses possibility, capability, or permission, roughly translating to can store or may store in English. The form is created by attaching the modal suffix -hat (or -het after a vowel harmony rule) to the stem tárol-, yielding a finite verb that denotes potential action. In actual usage, tárolhat appears with person and number as other Hungarian finite forms do, and it is common to see variants such as tárolhatnak or tárolhatunk to reflect they can store or we can store, respectively. The exact subject is usually clear from context or explicit pronouns.

Usage and meaning: tárolhat is used to indicate that storage is possible under certain conditions, rather than stating a definite action. It commonly appears in technical, practical, or normative statements about devices, systems, or plans. For example, Ez a készülék adatokat tárolhat. (This device can store data.) A rendszer a felhőben tárolhat adatokat. (The system may store data in the cloud.) The form does not itself specify tense beyond immediacy; its sense of possibility can be combined with other aspects or conditions in a sentence.

Relation to other forms: tárolni is the infinitive meaning “to store.” Tárolhat is the finite potential form, contrasting with other mood or tense forms such as tárolhatják (they may store) or tárolhatunk (we may store). Like other modal suffixes in Hungarian, tárolhat relies on context and accompanying pronouns or particles to convey precise person and number.

See also: Hungarian morphology, -hat/-het suffix, tárolni.