Käynnistettynä

Käynnistettynä is a Finnish adverbial participial form derived from the verb käynnistää, meaning to start or boot. The form describes a state resulting from the action of starting and is used to express that something is in a started, operational, or activated condition. It is most commonly found in formal or technical contexts and may appear in written instructions, reports, or descriptions of systems and processes.

Formation and function: Käynnistettynä combines the past passive participle käynnistetty with the adessive-like participial ending -nä, which conveys “in the state of being started” or “while started.” The construction emphasizes the condition of the subject rather than the action of starting itself. In practice, it can be used to set the scene or describe status within a sentence or clause.

Usage notes: Käynnistettynä is more common in technical or bureaucratic Finnish and may sound formal in everyday speech. It is typically paired with nouns such as laite, järjestelmä, or ohjelmisto to indicate that those objects are in operation. The form is distinct from käynnistetty (started) and käynnissä (in operation); while käynnistetty states that the starting action has occurred, käynnistettynä specifies the resulting state.

Examples:

- Laite on käynnistettynä ja valmiina suorittamaan tehtävät. (The device is started and ready to perform tasks.)

- Järjestelmä on käynnistettynä, ja sen tilan seuraaminen aloitetaan. (The system is started, and monitoring of its state begins.)

Related terms include käynnistää (to start), käynnistys (startup), käynnissä (in operation), and käynnistetty (started).