Käski

Käski is a Finnish word that functions as the third-person singular past tense form of the verb käskeä, meaning to order or to command. It denotes that someone issued an instruction in the past and is commonly used in narrative or reported speech.

In use, käski appears in sentences describing past commands. For example, in Finnish you can say, "Hän käski minun mennä kotiin," which translates to "He ordered me to go home." As a finite verb form, käski is one piece of the broader conjugation of käskeä, whose central meaning is giving orders, directives, or commands.

Related to this verb is the noun käsky, which means an order or command. The noun captures the content or document of the instruction, while käski expresses the act of issuing it. This relationship between verb and noun is typical in Finnish for conveying actions and their propositions.

Notes on usage and context: käski is used in standard Finnish to report past commands by a subject. It can occur in legal, historical, or literary contexts where past instructions are described or recounted. While käsky is the more general noun for “an order,” käski specifically marks the past-tense action of commanding within a sentence.