The Guardian Life 6d ago Original

Nigeriassa on Ebola-tapaus.

Nigeria has an Ebola case.

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Nainen matkusti Ugandasta. Nainen sairastui lokakuun 7. päivä. Nainen meni sairaalaan lokakuun 11. päivä. Lääkäri diagnosoi Ebolan. Nigeria on Afrikan väkirikkain maa. Tapaus on Abujassa. Nainen on kotoisin Ugandasta. Ebola leviää Länsi-Afrikassa.

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1.

Nainen matkusti Ugandasta.

A woman traveled from Uganda.
2.

Nainen sairastui lokakuun 7. päivä.

The woman fell ill on October 7th.
3.

Nainen meni sairaalaan lokakuun 11. päivä.

The woman went to the hospital on October 11th.
4.

Lääkäri diagnosoi Ebolan.

The doctor diagnosed Ebola.
5.

Nigeria on Afrikan väkirikkain maa.

Nigeria is Africa's most populous country.
6.

Tapaus on Abujassa.

The case is in Abuja.
7.

Nainen on kotoisin Ugandasta.

The woman is from Uganda.
8.

Ebola leviää Länsi-Afrikassa.

Ebola is spreading in West Africa.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
sairastua sairastui	to fall ill fell ill	3rd person singular, imperfect tense
diagnosoida diagnosoi	to diagnose diagnosed	3rd person singular, imperfect tense
väkirikas väkirikkain	populous most populous	superlative form, nominative singular
levitä leviää	to spread is spreading	3rd person singular, present tense
matkustaa matkusti	to travel traveled	3rd person singular, imperfect tense
tapaus tapaus	case	nominative singular

1. Nainen matkusti Ugandasta.

Add the ending -sta or -stä to a place name to say you are coming from there. You use 'Ugandasta' here because the woman traveled from Uganda. You can use this with any country or city, like 'Suomesta' or 'Berliinistä', to express origin.

2. Nainen sairastui lokakuun 7. päivä.

Use the genitive case for the month and add the word 'päivä' after the number to express dates. You see this in 'lokakuun 7. päivä' because October is the month and 7 is the day. You can apply this pattern to any date, like 'tammikuun 1. päivä' for the first of January.

5. Nigeria on Afrikan väkirikkain maa.

Form the superlative by adding the ending -in to the adjective stem. You use 'väkirikkain' here to show that Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. When the stem ends in -kka or -hka, the k disappears before adding -in, just like 'iso' becoming 'isoin'.

8. Ebola leviää Länsi-Afrikassa.

Conjugate verbs ending in -tä or -tä in the present tense by dropping the -t- and adding -aa or -ää. You see this with 'leviää' because the base verb is 'levitä'. You can apply this to other type 4 verbs, like 'haluta' becoming 'haluaa' or 'pelätä' becoming 'pelkää'.

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