Euronews Life Jun 05 Original

Kanya King kuoli 57 vuoden iässä.

Kanya King died at the age of 57.

Finnish · A1 level

Simple Finnish

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1.

Hän perusti MOBO-palkinnon vuonna 1996.

She founded the MOBO award in 1996.
2.

MOBO palkitsee mustan musiikin artisteja.

MOBO awards Black music artists.
3.

Hän oli yksinhuoltajaäiti ja aloitti pienestä.

She was a single mother and started small.
4.

Hän teki mustasta musiikista tunnetumpaa Britanniassa.

She made Black music more well-known in Britain.
5.

MOBO on nyt suuri palkintogaala.

MOBO is now a big awards show.
6.

Monet artistit ovat voittaneet MOBO-palkintoja.

Many artists have won MOBO awards.
7.

Kanya sairasti syöpää viime vuonna.

Kanya had cancer last year.
8.

Ihmiset muistavat häntä suurin sanoin.

People remember her with grand words.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
kuolla kuoli	to die died	past tense (imperfect)
perustaa perusti	to found/establish founded	past tense (imperfect)
palkita palkitsee	to award awards	present tense (3rd person singular)
artisti artisteja	artist artists	partitive plural
voittaa voittaneet	to win have won	past participle (plural)
muistaa muistavat	to remember remember	present tense (3rd person plural)

0. Kanya King kuoli 57 vuoden iässä.

This sentence uses the past tense (imperfect) form of the verb 'kuolla' (to die), which is 'kuoli.' In Finnish, the past tense is often used to describe completed actions in the past. To form the past tense of most verbs, you add '-i' to the verb stem. For example, 'syödä' (to eat) becomes 'söin' (I ate). This structure is essential for talking about past events.

2. MOBO palkitsee mustan musiikin artisteja.

The sentence uses the partitive case for the noun 'artisti' (artist), which becomes 'artisteja.' The partitive case is used here because the verb 'palkita' (to award) often requires its object to be in the partitive case when referring to an unspecified or partial quantity. For example, 'Syön leipää' (I eat bread) uses the partitive 'leipää' because it refers to an unspecified amount of bread.

6. Monet artistit ovat voittaneet MOBO-palkintoja.

This sentence uses the present perfect tense, formed with the auxiliary verb 'olla' (to be) in the present tense ('ovat') and the past participle of the main verb ('voittaneet'). The present perfect tense is used to describe actions that have been completed but are relevant to the present. For example, 'Olen syönyt' (I have eaten) indicates that the action of eating is complete but relevant now.