keskeytyi

Keskeytyi is the past tense form of the Finnish verb keskeytyä, which means to be interrupted or to be suspended. It is an intransitive verb, used to describe situations in which an ongoing event, process, or activity stops unexpectedly. The form keskeytyi indicates that the subject experienced an interruption in the past.

Grammatically, keskeytyi is the third-person singular past indicative form of keskeytyä. The present tense form is keskeytyy, and the verb can be used in compound tenses with the appropriate auxiliary verbs, for example keskeytynyt in perfect tenses. The related transitive verb keskeyttää means “to interrupt (something).” The noun forms related to this concept include keskeytys (interruption or suspension) and keskeytyminen (the act or occurrence of interruption).

Common contexts for keskeytyi include media broadcasts, meetings, and operations that are temporarily stopped due to external factors such as technical problems, safety concerns, or unexpected events. It is frequently used in news reporting to summarize a halt in programming or services. In contrast, keskeyttää is used when something concrete is being interrupted by an agent or cause, for example a company or a person interrupts a process.

Examples:

- Lähetys keskeytyi kesken ohjelman. (The broadcast was interrupted in the middle of the program.)

- Koulutuksen keskeytyi odottamattoman tapahtuman vuoksi. (The training was interrupted due to an unexpected event.)

Keskeytyi thus functions as a common, neutral way to express that an ongoing activity did not complete as planned, and its related forms provide related nouns and verbs for describing interruptions more broadly.