siirtyä

Siirtyä is a Finnish verb that means to move oneself from one place to another, but it is also used more broadly to indicate a change of state, position, or mode of operation. The sense can cover physical relocation, such as moving to a new residence or city, as well as transitions between roles, tasks, or stages, for example moving to a new job, switching to a different activity, or progressing to a subsequent phase in a process.

Etymology and related forms: Siirtyä derives from the noun siirt- meaning movement or transfer and is the intransitive counterpart to the transitive siirtää, which means to move something. Related nouns include siirtymä (transition) and siirtyminen (movement, shifting). These related forms help express the idea of change or progression without focusing on an agent performing a transfer.

Usage and construction: Siirtyä is an intransitive verb and is typically used with complement phrases that indicate origin and destination or the state being left or entered. Common constructions include siirtyy jostakin toiseen tilaan (to move from one state to another) and siirtyy kaupungista toiseen kaupunkiin (to move from one city to another). Other frequent expressions are siirtyä eteenpäin (to move forward) or siirtyä uuteen tehtävään (to move to a new task or role). The verb often appears in various tenses to describe ongoing movement or completed transitions.

Conjugation and forms: The verb forms reflect the subject performing the action, for example siirryn (I move myself), siirtyy (he/she moves himself/herself), and past forms such as siirsin/siirtyi. The noun forms include siirtymä (transition) and siirtyminen (movement, shifting).

See also: siirtää, siirtymä, siirtyminen.