kesken

Finnish[edit]

Instructive singular form of keski-.

kesken

unfinished
jäädä kesken ― to be left unfinished

Kopiointi on vielä kesken.
The copying is not finished yet.

Hän jätti kirjan kesken.
He didn't finish the book.
(literally, “He left the book unfinished.”)
finished too soon
Keitto loppui kesken, ja osa vieraista jäi nälkäisiksi.
We ran out of soup, and some guests remained hungry.

kesken (+ genitive/partitive)

in the middle of
Pappi pyörtyi kesken puheen.
The priest fainted in the middle of the speech.

kesken (+ genitive)

Declension of keski-

noun case	singular	plural	adverbial form	singular	plural
nominative	keski-	–	superessive	–	–
genitive	–	–	delative	–	–
partitive	(keskeä)	–	sublative	–	–
accusative	–	–	lative	–	–
inessive	–	–	temporal	–	–
elative	–	–	causative	–	–
illative	–	–	multiplicative	–	–
adessive	keskellä	–	distributive	–	–
ablative	keskeltä	–	temp. dist.	–	–
allative	keskelle	–	prolative	keskitse	–
essive	keskenään	–	situative	–	–
translative	–	–	oppositive	–	–
abessive	–	–
instructive	kesken	–
comitative	–	–