The Guardian World 3d ago Original

Kanadassa on yli 900 metsäpaloa.

There are over 900 wildfires in Canada.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

Palot ovat pahimmat Luoteisterritorioilla ja Ontariossa.

The fires are worst in the Northwest Territories and Ontario.
2.

Tuli tuhoaa kolme miljoonaa hehtaaria maata.

Fire destroys three million hectares of land.
3.

Tuli ei ole hallinnassa monissa paikoissa.

The fire is not under control in many places.
4.

Savu leviää tuulen mukana Yhdysvaltoihin.

Smoke is spreading with the wind to the United States.
5.

Savu leviää myös Eurooppaan asti.

Smoke is also spreading all the way to Europe.
6.

Ilmanlaatu on huono paloalueilla.

Air quality is poor in fire areas.
7.

Kuuma ja kuiva sää jatkuu edelleen.

Hot and dry weather continues.
8.

Kuuma ja kuiva sää jatkuu.

Hot and dry weather continues.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
olla on	to be is/are	3rd person singular/plural present tense
metsäpalo metsäpaloa	wildfire wildfires (partitive plural)	partitive plural
levitä leviää	to spread spreads/is spreading	3rd person singular present tense
tuuli tuulen	wind wind's (with the wind)	genitive singular
sää sää	weather	nominative singular
jatkua jatkuu	to continue continues/is continuing	3rd person singular present tense

0. Kanadassa on yli 900 metsäpaloa.

This sentence uses the inessive case ('-ssa') to indicate location. The inessive case is used to describe where something is happening or exists. Here, it tells us that the wildfires are *in* Canada. To use it, add '-ssa' (for words with back vowels like 'a', 'o', 'u') or '-ssä' (for words with front vowels like 'ä', 'ö', 'y') to the word stem. For example: 'talossa' (in the house), 'koulussa' (in the school).

4. Savu leviää tuulen mukana Yhdysvaltoihin.

The phrase 'tuulen mukana' uses the genitive case ('-n') to show possession or association. Here, 'tuuli' (wind) becomes 'tuulen' (of the wind) to indicate that the smoke is spreading *with* the wind. The genitive case is often used with postpositions like 'mukaan' (with). To form it, add '-n' to the word stem. For example: 'kirjan sivu' (the page of the book), 'opettajan nimi' (the teacher's name).

6. Ilmanlaatu on huono paloalueilla.

The word 'paloalueilla' uses the adessive case ('-lla') to indicate location on or at something. Here, it tells us that the air quality is poor *in the fire areas*. The adessive case is formed by adding '-lla' (for back vowels) or '-llä' (for front vowels) to the word stem. For example: 'pöydällä' (on the table), 'kadulla' (on the street).