Simple Finnish
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1.
He eivät halua alentaa maksuja.
They do not want to lower the fees.
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2.
61 prosenttia on alennusta vastaan.
61 percent are against the reduction.
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3.
Maksut ovat nyt 335 frangia.
The fees are now 335 francs.
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4.
Hallitus halusi alentaa maksuja.
The government wanted to lower the fees.
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5.
SRG on tyytyväinen tulokseen.
SRG is happy about the result.
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6.
Maksut laskevat vuoteen 2029 mennessä.
The fees will decrease by 2029.
Key Words
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sveitsiläinen
sveitsiläiset
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Swiss person
Swiss people
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alentaa
alentaa
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to lower, to reduce
to lower
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maksu
maksuja
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fee, charge
fees (object)
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prosentti
prosenttia
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percent
percent (of)
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tulos
tulokseen
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result
about/into the result
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laskea
laskevat
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to decrease, to fall
will decrease / decrease
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3. 61 prosenttia on alennusta vastaan.
The postposition 'vastaan' (against) follows the noun it relates to in the partitive case: 'alennusta vastaan' = 'against the reduction'. Many common postpositions in Finnish require the partitive case on the preceding noun.
7. Maksut laskevat vuoteen 2029 mennessä.
To express a deadline ('by a certain time'), Finnish uses the illative case + 'mennessä': 'vuoteen 2029 mennessä' = 'by 2029'. The illative of 'vuosi' is 'vuoteen', and 'mennessä' is a postposition meaning 'by/before'.