nykyisään

Nykyisään is a Finnish word that translates to "to the present time" or "until now" in English. It is a temporal adverb used to indicate a period extending from some point in the past up to the current moment. The word is formed by combining "nyky-" meaning "present" or "current" and the allative case ending "-isään," which denotes movement towards or into something.

This adverb is commonly used in everyday conversation and written Finnish to describe situations, states, or events that have been ongoing or have persisted until the present. For example, one might say "Hän on ollut sairaana nykyisään" which means "He has been sick until now." The phrase emphasizes the duration of the illness up to the current point in time.

Nykyisään can also imply a change or a transition. When something is described as having been a certain way "nykyisään," it suggests that this state might be about to change or is no longer the case. For instance, "Tämä oli hyvä tilanne nykyisään, mutta nyt kaikki on muuttunut" translates to "This was a good situation until now, but now everything has changed." The word's flexibility allows it to convey a sense of continuity as well as a potential point of divergence from past conditions. It is a fundamental term for expressing temporal relationships in the Finnish language.