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Tšad eroaa Kansainvälisestä rikostuomioistuimesta.

Chad is withdrawing from the International Criminal Court.

Finnish · A1 level

Simple Finnish

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1.

Tšad ilmoittaa eroavansa ICC:stä.

Chad announces it is leaving the ICC.
2.

Tšad lähetti tiedotteen YK:lle.

Chad sent a statement to the UN.
3.

Tšad sanoo ICC:n olevan epäoikeudenmukainen.

Chad says the ICC is unfair.
4.

ICC tutkii sotarikoksia ja rikoksia ihmisyyttä vastaan.

The ICC prosecutes war crimes and crimes against humanity.
5.

ICC alkoi toimia vuonna 2002.

The ICC started working in 2002.
6.

Tšad on neljäs afrikkalainen maa, joka eroaa ICC:stä.

Chad is the fourth African country to withdraw from the ICC.
7.

Burkina Faso, Mali ja Niger erosivat viime syyskuussa.

Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger left last September.
8.

Tšad pyytää muita Afrikan maita seuraamaan esimerkkiään.

Chad asks other African countries to follow its example.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
erota eroaa	to withdraw/leave withdraws/is withdrawing	Present tense, 3rd person singular
kertoa ilmoittaa	to tell/announce announces	Present tense, 3rd person singular (alternative verb used for naturalness)
tiedote tiedotteen	statement/bulletin statement (accusative)	Accusative case (object)
maa maita	country countries	Partitive plural (after 'muita')
seurata seuraamaan	to follow	Illative of the 3rd infinitive (expressing purpose)
esimerkki esimerkkiään	example its example	Possessive suffix + partitive case

0. Tšad eroaa Kansainvälisestä rikostuomioistuimesta.

This sentence uses the present tense ('eroaa') to describe an action happening now. In Finnish, the present tense can express both current and near-future actions, similar to English. The verb 'erota' (to withdraw) is conjugated for the 3rd person singular ('Tšad' is grammatically singular). To use this structure, conjugate the verb in the present tense and pair it with a subject.

2. Tšad lähetti tiedotteen YK:lle.

This sentence uses the past tense ('lähetti') to describe a completed action. The verb 'lähettää' (to send) is conjugated in the 3rd person singular past tense. The recipient of the action ('YK:lle') is in the allative case, which is used to indicate direction or 'to whom' something is given/sent. To apply this, use the past tense for completed actions and the allative case for recipients.

8. Tšad pyytää muita Afrikan maita seuraamaan esimerkkiään.

This sentence uses the partitive plural ('maita') after the word 'muita' (other). In Finnish, the partitive case is often used after words indicating quantity or indefiniteness. Here, 'muita' implies an unspecified number of countries. To use this structure, remember to put the noun in the partitive plural after words like 'muita,' 'monta,' or 'paljon.'