käydä

== Finnish == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *käüdäk (“to walk; to ferment”) (compare Karelian käyvvä, Estonian käima), from earlier *käwe-, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌴𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skēwjan), Old Norse skæva). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkæy̯dæˣ/, [ˈk̟æy̯dæ(ʔ)] Rhymes: -æydæ Syllabification(key): käy‧dä Hyphenation(key): käy‧dä === Verb === käydä (intransitive) to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) [with inessive or adessive] käydä kirkossa ― to attend church käydä katsomassa ― to go take a look käydä kotona ― to drop by home (e.g. to grab something that was accidentally left behind) käydä luona, käydä kylässä ― to visit (someone's house) (intransitive) to go do (and come back) [with adessive] käydä kahvilla ― to go for a coffee käydä kakalla ― to (go) poo käydä kusella ― to (go) piss, (go) urinate (intransitive) to go do (gathering, collecting, harvesting) [with inessive or adessive] käydä metsällä ― to hunt, to go hunting käydä kalassa ― to fish, to go fishing käydä marjassa / sienessä ― to gather berries/mushrooms, to go gathering berries/mushrooms käydä heinässä ― to gather hay (transitive) to attend, go to, be in (telicity depends on the completeness of the action) käydä koulua ― to attend school (intransitive, chiefly dated or poetic) to walk, step, tread, pace, stride Synonyms: kävellä, astua, saapastella, tulla käyden ― on foot (as an old synonym to jalan) käypä ― one who walks (archaic) käydä raja/rajaa ― to demarcate a border [walk the border and place border posts on it] (literally, “to walk the border”) (equestrianism) to walk (intransitive) to pass, go, head (change place) Synonym: kulkea Käy peremmälle! sg / Käykää peremmälle! pl ― Come on in! (literally, “Go further to the back!”) vuoren huipulle matkamme käy ― our journey heads to the summit of the mountain (literary) to lead, take, go, extend (of footpaths, roads etc.) Synonyms: johtaa, kulkea, viedä (intransitive) to go, take a position; sit down, lie down, etc. käydä pöytään ― to sit down at a table käydä vuoteeseen ― to lie down in bed, go to bed käydä makuulle ― to lie down, assume a lying position (impersonal) to happen, occur (+ partitive) to happen [with allative ‘to’] Synonym: tapahtua (+ inessive or + adessive) to happen, go [with adverb] (often in English with subject it) Synonym: tapahtua käydä kalpaten ― to end badly (+ genitive) to happen [with adverb] (to somebody) (intransitive) to please, suit, make content, be okay (with) [with allative] Synonyms: kelvata, sopia to suit, fit [with illative ‘into’] to pass for [with elative] (intransitive) to run, operate, work, go ovi käy ― door swings (open/close) (of a clock) to go, run (of time) to go by Synonyms: kulua, kulkea (transitive) to carry out, conduct, engage in, practice, do, have, pursue, transact (a prolonged or habitual activity) Near-synonyms: harjoittaa, pitää käydä kauppaa ― to do business käydä keskustelu ― to have a conversation käydä neuvotteluja ― to negotiate käydä vuoropuhelua ― to maintain a dialogue (intransitive) to begin, start, get to, get [with illative] Synonyms: alkaa, ruveta, ryhtyä käydä töihin ― to get to work käydä vähiin ― to get scarce, to begin to run out (intransitive) to get, grow, become [with translative] (used with adjectives) Synonyms: ruveta, tulla käydä hankalaksi ― to get difficult (chiefly literary or dialectal, South Karelia) to begin, start [with illative of third infinitive ‘to do’] Synonyms: alkaa, ruveta, ryhtyä (intransitive) to ferment, be(come) fermented; to yeast (intransitive, figuratively) to be stirring, be roiling; to be restless, be agitated ==== Usage notes ==== Using käydä instead of mennä (“to go”) implies that the subject will return afterwards. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “käydä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023