Because the vowel a plus y ends in s, the third person singular is plays. Only if it ends with a consonant plus y, you need to change y to i and add es.

play pronounced in French, English?[ple?]American?[ple?]

Compete with...; kick (the ball), hit (the ball); (during the game) walk (child), to play (cards); to send (someone) on the field; (in a sports team) to play (a specific position), to perform...; to act, to perform; to pretend, to pretend; to perform, to participate in (plays, movies, concerts) )

Vocabulary collocations:

play cards? play cards; play poker; play cards

Stroke play? stroke competition

play games ?Play a game; play a game; make trouble; play tricks. Usage of words:

Play can be used as a transitive verb or an intransitive verb. When used as a transitive verb, it takes a noun, pronoun, or that clause as an object, such as a ball or musical instrument.

Sometimes it can be connected to a double object, and its indirect object can be transformed into the object of the preposition to or for, or it can also be connected to a compound object with "(as+) n./adj." acting as a complement. Can be used in passive structures. Play can also be used as a linking verb, followed by an adjective or a noun as a predicate.

When play is followed by a noun and is used to interpret "acting" in a performance, it is generally analyzed as a transitive verb; when it is used to interpret "pretend...play", it is often analyzed as a copula.