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Euronews Economics 6d ago Original

Azerbaidžanin presidentti Aliyev saapui Berliiniin.

The president of Azerbaijan, Aliyev, arrived in Berlin.

Finnish · A1 level

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  1. 1.

    Hän tapaa Saksan johtajia tällä viikolla.

    He meets German leaders this week.

  2. 2.

    He allekirjoittivat sopimuksen kaasusta ja kaupasta.

    They signed an agreement on gas and trade.

  3. 3.

    Saksalle tulee 2 miljardia kuutiota kaasua vuodessa.

    Germany will get 2 billion cubic meters of gas per year.

  4. 4.

    Kaasu tulee Azerbaidžanista uuden putken kautta.

    The gas comes from Azerbaijan through a new pipeline.

  5. 5.

    Saksan johtaja Merz kiitti Aliyevia vierailusta.

    German leader Merz thanked Aliyev for the visit.

  6. 6.

    Aliyev sanoi, että Azerbaidžan voi toimittaa lisää öljyä.

    Aliyev said Azerbaijan can supply more oil.

  7. 7.

    Saksan ja Azerbaidžanin yhteistyö on tärkeää Euroopalle.

    Germany and Azerbaijan's cooperation is important for Europe.

  8. 8.

    He puhuivat myös rauhasta Armenian ja Azerbaidžanin välillä.

    They also talked about peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Key Words

Word English
saapua
saapui
to arrive
arrived
tavata
tapaa
to meet
meets
sopimus
sopimuksen
agreement
agreement (genitive)
kaasu
kaasua
gas
gas (partitive)
putki
putken
pipeline
pipeline (genitive)
toimittaa
toimittaa
to supply/deliver
to supply (infinitive)

0. Azerbaidžanin presidentti Aliyev saapui Berliiniin.

This sentence uses the illative case ('Berliiniin') to indicate movement into a place. In Finnish, when you talk about arriving somewhere, you use the illative case, which often ends in '-Vn' (where V is a vowel). For example, 'Helsinkiin' (to Helsinki), 'kouluun' (to school). This is a key structure for expressing direction or destination.

1. Hän tapaa Saksan johtajia tällä viikolla.

The present tense in Finnish is straightforward and often used to describe current or near-future actions. Here, 'tapaa' (meets) is the 3rd person singular form. The present tense is formed by adding personal endings to the verb stem. For example, 'minä tapaan' (I meet), 'sinä tapaat' (you meet). This tense is used for habits, general truths, and future plans.

3. Saksalle tulee 2 miljardia kuutiota kaasua vuodessa.

This sentence uses the allative case ('Saksalle') to indicate the recipient of an action. The allative case often ends in '-lle' and is used to show 'to' or 'for' someone/something. For example, 'Hän antaa lahjan ystävälle' (He gives a gift to a friend). This is a common way to express indirect objects in Finnish.

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