Käynnistyi

Käynnistyi is a Finnish verb form meaning started up or came into operation. It is the third-person singular imperfect form of the intransitive verb käynnistyä, used to describe that something began functioning in the past. The subject is typically a machine, device, system, program, or process. In broader terms, käynnistyi can describe the moment when a project or initiative began to be launched.

Etymology and related forms: The verb käynnistyä comes from käynnistää, meaning to start up or initiate; the noun käynnistys refers to startup or activation. The past tense of käynnistyä for other persons or numbers is käynnistyivät (they started up). The infinitive is käynnistyä.

Grammatical notes: Käynnistyi marks the imperfect tense (imperfekti) in the indicative mood, intransitive voice. It is used with a singular subject; plural past is käynnistyivät.

Usage: Käynnistyi is commonly used in technical reporting, news, and everyday language to describe a machine, system, program, or process beginning to operate. It can also describe the initiation of events or projects.

See also: Käynnistys (startup/activation); Käynnistää (to start, to initiate); Käynnistyminen (becoming started).