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Balenra Shah voitti vaalit.

Balenra Shah won the election.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

Hän voitti KP Olin.

He defeated KP Oli.
2.

Shah sai enemmän ääniä.

Shah received more votes.
3.

Shah on nuori poliitikko.

Shah is a young politician.
4.

Hän on 35-vuotias.

He is 35 years old.
5.

Shah on räppäri.

Shah is a rapper.
6.

Hän on suosittu nuorilla.

He is popular with the youth.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
voittaa voitti	to win / to defeat won / defeated	past tense, 3rd person singular
vaali vaalit	election the elections	nominative plural
ääni ääniä	vote / voice votes	partitive plural
poliitikko poliitikko	politician a politician	nominative singular
suosittu suosittu	popular	predicative adjective, nominative
nuori nuorilla	young / youth with / among the youth	adessive plural

3. Shah sai enemmän ääniä.

'Ääniä' is in the partitive plural case. In Finnish, quantities and comparisons (like 'enemmän' = more) require the partitive case. The partitive plural of 'ääni' is formed by dropping the final vowel and adding '-ä' (back-vowel harmony: ä, not a).

7. Hän on suosittu nuorilla.

'Nuorilla' uses the adessive plural case (nuori → nuoret → nuorilla), meaning 'among/with young people'. The adessive case ending '-lla/-llä' can express association or context, similar to English 'with' or 'among'.