Harmaakarhu hyökkää Kanadassa.
A grizzly bear attacks in Canada.
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Äiti kuolee ja tytär katoaa. He asuvat länsi-Kanadassa. Harmaakarhu hyökkäsi marraskuussa. Poliisi etsii tytärtä nyt. Äidin ruumis löytyi sunnuntaina. Etsintä alkoi viikonloppuna. Tytär on 19-vuotias. Harmaakarhu on vaarallinen.
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Äiti kuolee ja tytär katoaa.
A mother dies and a daughter disappears.
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He asuvat länsi-Kanadassa.
They live in western Canada.
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Harmaakarhu hyökkäsi marraskuussa.
A grizzly bear attacked in November.
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Poliisi etsii tytärtä nyt.
The police are looking for the daughter now.
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Äidin ruumis löytyi sunnuntaina.
The mother's body was found on Sunday.
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Etsintä alkoi viikonloppuna.
The search started on the weekend.
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Tytär on 19-vuotias.
The daughter is 19 years old.
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Harmaakarhu on vaarallinen.
A grizzly bear is dangerous.
Key Words
| Word | English |
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hyökätä
hyökkää
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to attack
attacks
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kadota
katoaa
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to disappear
disappears
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asua
asuvat
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to live
live
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etsiä
etsii
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to search
is looking for
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löytyä
löytyi
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to be found
was found
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19-vuotias
19-vuotias
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19 years old
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0. Harmaakarhu hyökkää Kanadassa.
Use the inessive case ending '-ssa' or '-ssä' to express that something happens inside or within a location, translating to 'in'. You apply vowel harmony to choose between '-ssa' (with a, o, u) and '-ssä' (with ä, ö, y), so 'Kanada' becomes 'Kanadassa'. Use this ending whenever you want to say you are in a country, city, or room.
3. Harmaakarhu hyökkäsi marraskuussa.
Add the '-i-' marker to the verb stem to form the imperfect tense, which describes completed actions in the past. You drop the infinitive ending '-da'/'-dä' and add '-i' before the personal ending, changing 'hyökätä' to 'hyökkäsi'. Use this structure whenever you talk about something that happened at a specific time in the past.
4. Poliisi etsii tytärtä nyt.
Use the partitive case for the object when you use the verb 'etsiä' (to search), because the action is ongoing and the result is not yet achieved. You add the partitive ending '-tA' to the noun, so 'tytär' becomes 'tytärtä'. Apply this to any search action where the target hasn't been found yet, like 'etsin avaimia' (I am looking for the keys).
5. Äidin ruumis löytyi sunnuntaina.
Use the verb 'löytyä' instead of 'löytää' when you want to say something was found without specifying who found it. 'Löytyä' focuses on the result that the object is now discovered, taking the subject role of the thing found. You can use this for any lost item, like saying 'avaimet löytyivät' (the keys were found).
7. Tytär on 19-vuotias.
Express age by adding the suffix '-vuotias' directly to the number, rather than translating 'years old' word for word. You just combine the number and the suffix with a hyphen, making '19-vuotias' for a 19-year-old. Use this pattern for any age, such as '5-vuotias' or '30-vuotias'.
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