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Bagdadista löydettiin vanhoja leipomoita ja panimoita.

Old bakeries and breweries were found in Baghdad.

Finnish · A1 level

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Arkeologit kaivavat Tell Muhammad -paikalla. Paikka on 4000 vuotta vanha. Siellä oli myös muureja ja portteja. Tutkijat löysivät vanhan savitaulun. Taulu kertoo ohrasta ja oluesta. Kaivaukset alkoivat vuonna 2022. Nyt paikka on uusi arkeologinen puisto. Vierailijat voivat käydä paikalla.

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Arkeologit kaivavat Tell Muhammad -paikalla.

Archaeologists dig at the Tell Muhammad site.
2.

Paikka on 4000 vuotta vanha.

The place is 4,000 years old.
3.

Siellä oli myös muureja ja portteja.

There were also walls and gates.
4.

Tutkijat löysivät vanhan savitaulun.

Researchers found an old clay tablet.
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Taulu kertoo ohrasta ja oluesta.

The tablet tells about barley and beer.
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Kaivaukset alkoivat vuonna 2022.

The excavations started in 2022.
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Nyt paikka on uusi arkeologinen puisto.

Now the place is a new archaeological park.
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Vierailijat voivat käydä paikalla.

Visitors can go to the site.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
löytää löydettiin	to find were found	passive past
leipomo leipomoita	bakery bakeries	partitive plural
kaivaa kaivavat	to dig dig	present tense, 3rd person plural
paikka paikalla	place at the place	adessive case
savitaulu savitaulun	clay tablet	accusative case
vuosi vuonna	year in the year	essive case

0. Bagdadista löydettiin vanhoja leipomoita ja panimoita.

Use the passive past tense when the doer of the action is unknown or unimportant, like when saying something 'were found'. You form it by adding the passive past ending to the verb stem. This is very common in news and historical texts to focus on the object rather than who actually did the finding.

0. Bagdadista löydettiin vanhoja leipomoita ja panimoita.

Use the partitive plural when talking about an unspecified quantity of things, such as 'old bakeries'. You add the partitive plural marker to the noun stem. You use this instead of the nominative plural when the exact number isn't specified or when the object is partial.

1. Arkeologit kaivavat Tell Muhammad -paikalla.

Use the adessive case to express location, answering the question 'where?'. You form it by adding the adessive ending to the noun stem. It translates to 'at' or 'on' in English, and you use it for being at a specific place, site, or surface.

4. Tutkijat löysivät vanhan savitaulun.

Use the genitive or accusative form for the object when the action is completed and affects the whole object. You form it by adding the specific ending to the noun stem. You use this with verbs like 'to find' when you found the entire tablet, not just a part of it.

6. Kaivaukset alkoivat vuonna 2022.

Use the essive case to express time, specifically years, months, or days, answering 'when?'. You add the essive ending to the time word. You always use this case when stating the year something happened, like 'in 2022'.

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