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Venäjä hyväksyi uuden lain venäläisille, jotka asuvat ulkomailla.

Russia approved a new law for Russians living abroad.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

Laki jäädyttää pankkitilit ja takavarikoi omaisuuden.

The law freezes bank accounts and confiscates property.
2.

Venäläiset eivät voi uusia passia ulkomailla.

Russians cannot renew passports abroad.
3.

Laki koskee venäläisiä, jotka pakenevat kotimaasta.

The law applies to Russians fleeing the country.
4.

Lain mukaan poliittiset aktivistit ovat vaarassa.

Political activists are at risk under the law.
5.

Venäjän parlamentti äänesti laista keskiviikkona.

Russia's parliament voted on the law on Wednesday.
6.

Puhemies Volodin sanoi, että laki on tarkoitettu pettureille.

Speaker Volodin said that the law is intended for traitors.
7.

Laki astuu voimaan heti, kun se julkaistaan.

The law takes effect as soon as it is published.
8.

Laki on osa Venäjän uusia sääntöjä.

The law is part of Russia's new rules.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
hyväksyä hyväksyi	to approve approved	past tense (imperfect)
laki lain	law of the law (genitive case)	genitive singular
jäädyttää jäädyttää	to freeze freezes	present tense (3rd person singular)
passi passia	passport passport (partitive case)	partitive singular
pakene- pakenevat	to flee fleeing (plural)	present active participle (plural)
voimaan voimaan	into force	illative case (direction)

0. Venäjä hyväksyi uuden lain venäläisille, jotka asuvat ulkomailla.

This sentence uses the past tense (imperfect) form of the verb 'hyväksyä' (to approve), which is 'hyväksyi.' In Finnish, the past tense is used to describe completed actions in the past. To form the past tense, you typically add '-i' to the verb stem. For example, 'puhua' (to speak) becomes 'puhui' (spoke). This structure is essential for talking about past events.

2. Venäläiset eivät voi uusia passia ulkomailla.

This sentence uses the partitive case for the noun 'passi' (passport), which becomes 'passia.' The partitive case is used to indicate an incomplete action or an unspecified quantity. Here, it shows that the action of renewing the passport is not completed. The partitive case is often used with verbs that describe actions affecting only part of the object, such as 'syödä' (to eat) or 'juoda' (to drink).

7. Laki astuu voimaan heti, kun se julkaistaan.

The phrase 'astuu voimaan' (comes into force) uses the illative case ('voimaan'). The illative case indicates movement into something, often used with verbs that describe entering a state or condition. For example, 'mennä kotiin' (to go home) uses the illative case for 'koti' (home). This structure is useful for describing changes in state or location.