käytyään

Käytyään is a Finnish word that functions as a postpositional phrase, typically indicating that an action has been completed. It is derived from the past participle of the verb käydä, which means "to go" or "to visit." The suffix "-än" signifies the genitive case, implying possession or a connection to the preceding noun or pronoun.

In essence, käytyään translates to "after having gone" or "after having visited." It is used to establish a temporal relationship between two events, where the action denoted by käytyään occurs prior to another subsequent action. For example, "Tehtyään tehtävänsä, hän lähti kotiin" translates to "After having done his task, he went home." Here, "tehtyään" (after having done) precedes "lähti" (he went).

The construction with käytyään is a common way in Finnish to express sequence of events without explicitly using conjunctions like "kun" (when) or "jälkeen" (after). It adds a degree of conciseness to sentence structure. The word can be used with various verbs, not just käydä, as long as the past participle of that verb is followed by the genitive suffix "-än." This grammatical feature allows for nuanced expression of temporal relationships in the Finnish language.