Tutkijat löysivÀt fossiloituneita punasoluja dinosauruksen luusta.
Researchers found fossilized red blood cells in a dinosaur's bone.
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Luu oli 115 miljoonaa vuotta vanha, tutkijat kertoivat. Aratasaurus oli pieni lihansyöjÀdinosaurus, joka eli Brasiliassa. Tutkijat tekivÀt kemiallisia testejÀ dinosauruksen luusta. Testit paljastivat hemoglobiinia, joka antaa verelle punaisen vÀrin. Hemoglobiini auttaa kuljettamaan happea elimistössÀ. TÀmÀ löytö voi auttaa ymmÀrtÀmÀÀn dinosaurusten verenkiertoa paremmin. Tutkimus julkaistiin tieteellisessÀ lehdessÀ, kertoo BBC. Löytö herÀttÀÀ mielenkiintoa, koska se muistuttaa Jurassic Parkia.
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Luu oli 115 miljoonaa vuotta vanha, tutkijat kertoivat.
The bone was 115 million years old, scientists said.
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Aratasaurus oli pieni lihansyöjÀdinosaurus, joka eli Brasiliassa.
Aratasaurus was a small meat-eating dinosaur that lived in Brazil.
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Tutkijat tekivÀt kemiallisia testejÀ dinosauruksen luusta.
Researchers conducted chemical tests on the dinosaur's bone.
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Testit paljastivat hemoglobiinia, joka antaa verelle punaisen vÀrin.
The tests revealed hemoglobin, which gives blood its red color.
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Hemoglobiini auttaa kuljettamaan happea elimistössÀ.
Hemoglobin helps carry oxygen in the body.
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TÀmÀ löytö voi auttaa ymmÀrtÀmÀÀn dinosaurusten verenkiertoa paremmin.
This discovery may help better understand dinosaurs' blood circulation.
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Tutkimus julkaistiin tieteellisessÀ lehdessÀ, kertoo BBC.
The study was published in a scientific journal, BBC reports.
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Löytö herÀttÀÀ mielenkiintoa, koska se muistuttaa Jurassic Parkia.
The find sparks interest because it resembles Jurassic Park.
Key Words
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löytÀÀ
löysivÀt
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to find
found
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luu
luusta
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bone
from the bone
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tehdÀ
tekivÀt
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to do / to make
did / conducted
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paljastaa
paljastivat
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to reveal
revealed
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auttaa
auttaa
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to help
helps
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herÀttÀÀ
herÀttÀÀ
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to awaken / to spark
sparks
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0. Tutkijat löysivÀt fossiloituneita punasoluja dinosauruksen luusta.
Use the elative case (-sta/-stÀ) when you are talking about finding something inside or originating from a physical object, like finding cells from a bone. You add this ending to the stem of the word, so 'luu' becomes 'luusta'. This same logic applies when you extract juice from an orange or take a book from a shelf.
0. Tutkijat löysivÀt fossiloituneita punasoluja dinosauruksen luusta.
Use the imperfect tense to describe completed actions or states in the past, like the researchers finding the cells or conducting tests. You form it by adding an -i- before the personal ending, turning 'löytÀÀ' into 'löysivÀt'. Whenever you tell a story about what happened yesterday or millions of years ago, this is your go-to verb form.
3. Tutkijat tekivÀt kemiallisia testejÀ dinosauruksen luusta.
Use the partitive case for the object when the action is incomplete, ongoing, or refers to an unspecified mass or plural quantity, like conducting chemical tests or finding fossilized red blood cells. You recognize this because the nouns and adjectives end in -a/-À or -ja/-jÀ, such as 'testejÀ' and 'punasoluja'. Apply this rule whenever you are doing, finding, or seeing an unspecified amount of something rather than a single, complete item.
5. Hemoglobiini auttaa kuljettamaan happea elimistössÀ.
Use the third infinitive illative form (-maan/-mÀÀn) after verbs like 'auttaa' to express the action being helped, like helping to carry oxygen. You build it by adding -maan or -mÀÀn to the strong stem of the verb, creating forms like 'kuljettamaan' and 'ymmÀrtÀmÀÀn'. Whenever you want to say that something helps you to do something, this is the exact structure you need.
7. Tutkimus julkaistiin tieteellisessÀ lehdessÀ, kertoo BBC.
Use the passive form when the focus is on the action itself or the object receiving the action, rather than who performed it, like the study being published. You form the past passive by adding -ttiin to the verb stem, making 'julkaista' become 'julkaistiin'. You will see this constantly in news and scientific texts where the actor is obvious or unimportant.
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