Meteoriitti on vaurioittanut taloja.
A meteorite has damaged houses.
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Se tapahtui Saksassa.
It happened in Germany.
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Poliisi kertoo tästä.
The police tells about this.
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Ihmiset näkivät valon.
People saw a light.
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He olivat peloissaan.
They were scared.
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He kirjoittivat siitä internetissä.
They wrote about it on the internet.
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Polisi sanoo, että kaikki on hyvin.
The police says that everything is fine.
Key Words
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meteoriitti
meteoriitti
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meteorite
a meteorite (subject)
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vaurioittaa
vaurioittanut
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to damage
has damaged
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poliisi
poliisi
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police
the police (subject)
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tämä
tästä
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this
about this
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pelossa
peloissaan
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in fear / scared
scared / in their fear
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tapahtua
tapahtui
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to happen
happened
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3. Poliisi kertoo tästä.
'Polisi' is a spelling error — the correct Finnish word is 'poliisi' with a double 'i'. Finnish spelling must be exact, as vowel length is phonemically meaningful (e.g., 'poli' vs. 'poliisi' would be different words or non-words).
5. He olivat peloissaan.
'Pelokkaat' (meaning 'fearful/timid' as an adjective) is grammatically possible but unnatural here. The idiomatic Finnish expression for 'they were scared' is 'he olivat peloissaan' — a fixed phrase using the inessive plural of 'pelko' (fear) with the 3rd person possessive suffix '-an', literally 'they were in their fears'.