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Sota loppui vuosi sitten. Ihmiset kärsivät edelleen. Lääkärit Ilman Rajoja sanovat näin. Marcus Bachmann kertoo tilanteesta. Hän puhuu ORF:lle. Avustukset ovat vähentyneet. YK:n ohjelma lopettaa ruoan jakelun. Tämä on suuri ongelma.
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Sota loppui vuosi sitten.
The war ended a year ago.
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Ihmiset kärsivät edelleen.
People are still suffering.
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Lääkärit Ilman Rajoja sanovat näin.
Doctors Without Borders says this.
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Marcus Bachmann kertoo tilanteesta.
Marcus Bachmann tells about the situation.
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Hän puhuu ORF:lle.
He speaks to ORF.
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Avustukset ovat vähentyneet.
Aid has been reduced.
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YK:n ohjelma lopettaa ruoan jakelun.
The UN's program stops food distribution.
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Tämä on suuri ongelma.
This is a big problem.
Key Words
| Word | English |
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kärsiä
kärsivät
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to suffer
are suffering
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loppua
loppui
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to end
ended
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sanoa
sanovat
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to say
say
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kertoa
kertoo
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to tell
tells
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avustus
Avustukset
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aid
Aid
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jakelu
jakelun
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distribution
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1. Sota loppui vuosi sitten.
Use the imperfect tense when an action happened and finished in the past, like "loppui" (ended). You form it by adding the past tense marker -i- before the personal ending. For example, "sota loppui" means the war ended at a specific time in the past.
3. Lääkärit Ilman Rajoja sanovat näin.
When the subject is plural, like "Lääkärit" (Doctors), the verb must also be in the plural form. You use the plural ending -vat or -vät for the present tense, so "sanoa" becomes "sanovat". Always check if your subject is singular or plural to match the verb correctly.
4. Marcus Bachmann kertoo tilanteesta.
Use the elative case ending -sta or -stä to express talking or thinking "about" something. Here, "tilanne" (situation) becomes "tilanteesta" (about the situation). You apply this ending to the stem of the word whenever you want to say what someone is speaking or reading about.
5. Hän puhuu ORF:lle.
Use the allative case ending -lle to show who receives an action, like speaking to someone. Since ORF is an acronym, you add a colon and the ending -lle to make "ORF:lle" (to ORF). You use this same ending for regular nouns too, like "opettajalle" (to the teacher).
7. YK:n ohjelma lopettaa ruoan jakelun.
Use the total object form when an action affects the whole object, like "lopettaa ruoan jakelun" (stops the food distribution). You form this by adding an -n ending to the word, making it "jakelun". This shows that the program stops the distribution entirely, rather than just a part of it.
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