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käyny

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(intransitive, archaic) to walk kävelläFin:käydenEng:on foot (as an old synonym to jalan)Fin:käypäEng:one who walks (archaic) (intransitive, of time) to go by (intransitive + inessive or adessive) to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) Fin:Kävin eilen Madridissa.Eng:I visited Madrid yesterday.Fin:Milloin tulet käymään luonamme?Eng:When will you visit us?Fin:käydä kirkossa, sunnuntaijumalanpalveluksessaEng:to attend church, the Sunday serviceFin:Tänään meidän pitää käydä kaupassa.Eng:We must go to the grocery store today.Fin:Odota hetki, käyn vessassa.Eng:Wait a moment while I go to the toilet.Fin:Kävin läheisessä metsässä.Eng:I visited a nearby forest.Fin:Käyn katsomassa.Eng:I'll go take a look. (intransitive + inessive) to go do (gathering, collecting, harvesting) Fin:Tänään kävimme kalassa, ja huomenna aiomme käydä marjassa.Eng:Today we went fishing, and tomorrow we will do some berry picking. (intransitive + adessive) to go do Fin:Mennään käymään kahvilla.Eng:Let's go get some coffee.Fin:Osaako pikku-Pekka käydä itse kakalla?Eng:Is little Pekka able to go poo by himself?Fin:Kävin metsällä.Eng:I went to hunt (in a forest). (intransitive + partitive or transitive + accusative) to go to school (form chosen depends on the completeness of the action) Fin:Käyn lukiota.Eng:I'm attending high school.Fin:Kävin lukion Jyväskylässä.Eng:I went to high school in Jyväskylä.Fin:Kävin kaksi vuotta lukiota.Eng:I was in high school for two years. (intransitive, now mostly in set phrases) to step, tread, pace, stride Fin:käy peremmälle!Eng:Come on in! (lit. "step further to the back") (intransitive, monopersonal, (inessive or adessive) + 3rd-pers. sg. + an adverb) to happen, go (often in English with subject it) Fin:Miten siinä kävi (sinulle)?Eng:How did it go (for you)? (genitive + 3rd-pers. sg. + an adverb) to happen (to somebody) Fin:Minun kävi huonosti.Eng:Things went badly for me. (+ partitive for agent, + allative for target) to happen (to something) Fin:Mitä sinun jaloillesi on käynyt?Eng:What has happened to your feet? (intransitive + allative) to please, suit, make content, be okay (with) Fin:Meidän siitä tapaamisesta, miten sinulle kävisi sunnuntai?Eng:About our meeting, would Sunday work for you?Fin:Minulle käy se hyvin.Eng:I am okay with that. (intransitive + illative) to suit, fit Fin:Avaimeni käy tähän lukkoon.Eng:My key fits into this lock.Fin:Se pala ei käy siihen.Eng:That piece does not go there. (intransitive + elative) to pass (for) Fin:Tämä varmaan käy ruoasta.Eng:This could probably pass for food. (intransitive) to run, operate, work Fin:Moottori käy.Eng:The motor is running.Fin:Ovi käy.Eng:The door swings (open and shut).Fin:Pienoismallien moottorit käyvät risiiniöljyllä ja metanolilla.Eng:The motors/engines of the miniature models run on castor oil and methanol. (intransitive, of a clock) to go (intransitive + translative) to get, grow, become Fin:Vaikeudet kävivät hänelle liian suuriksi.Eng:The difficulties got too big for her. (intransitive, chemistry) to ferment, become fermented, yeast (transitive) used in many collocations with nouns and with more or less idiomatic value, translated often into "engage in", "have", "do", "transact", "pursue", "keep up", "maintain" etc. Fin:käydä kauppaaEng:to do businessFin:käydä keskusteluEng:to have a conversationFin:käydä neuvottelujaEng:to negotiateFin:käydä vuoropuheluaEng:to maintain a dialogue Show more arrow right (to please, suit, make content, be okay): kelvata, sopia(to step, tread, pace, stride): astua(to engage in, pursue, have): pitää Show more arrow right Using käydä instead of mennä (to go) implies that the subject will return afterwards. Show more arrow right ei käy = no way (absolutely not; under no circumstances) käydä läpi = to go through; to undergoexperience (sth negative); to process (sth mentally) käydä kaupaksi = to sell (to be sold). käydä vähiin = to wear thin käydä (+ genitive +) kimppuun = to attackassailassaultcome atgo for käydä päinsä = to dobe acceptable käydä (+ genitive +) päälle = to attackjump at käydä oikeutta (+ elative) = to litigate on sth Adjectives käypä Nouns käymäläkävijäkäynti Verbs frequentatives kävelläkäyskennellä; momentane käväistä; causative käyttää Show more arrow right From Proto-Finnic käüdäk (compare Estonian käima), from earlier käwe-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic skēwijaną (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skēwjan), Old Norse skæva). Show more arrow right
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