BBC World Economics 5d ago Original

Lufthansa vähentää 20 000 lentoa tänä kesänä.

Lufthansa is reducing 20,000 flights this summer.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

Polttoaineen hinta on noussut paljon.

Fuel price has risen a lot.
2.

Lentoyhtiö sanoo, että lennot eivät ole kannattavia.

The airline says that flights are not profitable.
3.

Sota hidastaa polttoaineen tuotantoa Lähi-idässä.

War slows fuel production in the Middle East.
4.

Lufthansa säästää 40 000 tonnia lentopolttoainetta.

Lufthansa saves 40,000 tons of jet fuel.
5.

Lentoja vähennetään kymmeneen kaupunkiin Euroopassa.

Flights are being reduced to ten cities in Europe.
6.

Matkustajat saavat rahansa takaisin tai uuden lennon.

Passengers will get their money back or a new flight.
7.

Joitakin lentoja voidaan perua pysyvästi.

Some flights may be canceled permanently.
8.

EU seuraa polttoaineen määrää Euroopassa.

EU monitors fuel amounts in Europe.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
vähentää vähentää	to reduce reduces/is reducing	present tense, active voice
lento lentoa	flight flights (partitive plural)	partitive plural
sanoa sanoo	to say says	present tense, active voice
kaupunki kaupunkiin	city to cities	illative plural
saada saavat	to get/receive get/will get	present tense, active voice
polttoaine polttoaineen	fuel of fuel	genitive singular

0. Lufthansa vähentää 20 000 lentoa tänä kesänä.

This sentence uses the present tense ('vähentää') to describe an ongoing or planned action. In Finnish, the present tense can express both current and future actions, similar to English. The partitive case ('lentoa') is used here because the number of flights is an indefinite quantity. Learners should note that the partitive is often used after numbers and in expressions of quantity.

1. Polttoaineen hinta on noussut paljon.

The sentence uses the genitive case ('polttoaineen') to indicate possession or relation, here showing that 'hinta' (price) belongs to 'polttoaine' (fuel). The verb 'on noussut' is in the perfect tense, which describes an action that has happened in the past but is relevant now. This tense is formed with the present tense of 'olla' (to be) and the past participle of the main verb.

6. Matkustajat saavat rahansa takaisin tai uuden lennon.

The verb 'saavat' (get) is in the present tense and agrees with the plural subject 'matkustajat' (passengers). The possessive suffix '-nsa' (their) is used with 'raha' (money) to show possession. This is a common way to express possession in Finnish, especially with body parts or personal belongings. Learners should practice using possessive suffixes to make their speech more natural.