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Aasian pörssit laskivat Yhdysvaltain myynnin jälkeen.

Asian stocks fell after the US selloff.

Finnish · A1 level

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Japanin ja Etelä-Korean osakkeet putosivat perjantaina. Tokion Nikkei 225 laskee 5,5 prosenttia. Soulissa Kospi laskee 8,8 prosenttia. Kiinan TAIEX laski yli 8 prosenttia. Samsungin osake putoaa lähes 10 prosenttia. SK Hynixin osake laskee yli 11 prosenttia. Japanin Tokyo Electron laskee noin 9 prosenttia. Euroopan pörssit odottavat laskua.

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1.

Japanin ja Etelä-Korean osakkeet putosivat perjantaina.

Japanese and South Korean shares dropped on Friday.
2.

Tokion Nikkei 225 laskee 5,5 prosenttia.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 falls by 5.5 percent.
3.

Soulissa Kospi laskee 8,8 prosenttia.

Seoul's Kospi drops by 8.8 percent.
4.

Kiinan TAIEX laski yli 8 prosenttia.

China's TAIEX dropped over 8 percent.
5.

Samsungin osake putoaa lähes 10 prosenttia.

Samsung's stock falls nearly 10 percent.
6.

SK Hynixin osake laskee yli 11 prosenttia.

SK Hynix's stock drops over 11 percent.
7.

Japanin Tokyo Electron laskee noin 9 prosenttia.

Tokyo Electron in Japan falls about 9 percent.
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Euroopan pörssit odottavat laskua.

European stocks are expecting a drop.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
laskea laskivat	to fall/drop fell	imperfect tense, 3rd person plural
pörssi pörssit	stock exchange/stock market stock markets	nominative plural
osake osakkeet	share/stock shares	nominative plural
jälkeen jälkeen	after	postposition with genitive case (e.g., 'myynnin jälkeen')
prosentti prosenttia	percent	partitive singular (e.g., '5,5 prosenttia')
odottaa odottavat	to wait/expect are expecting	present tense, 3rd person plural

0. Aasian pörssit laskivat Yhdysvaltain myynnin jälkeen.

The imperfect tense ('laskivat') tells you something happened in the past. You use it here to describe a completed action, like a stock market drop. To form it, take the verb stem (e.g., 'laske-') and add '-ivat' for plural subjects. Use this when talking about past events, like 'Hän söi' (He ate).

0. Aasian pörssit laskivat Yhdysvaltain myynnin jälkeen.

The word 'jälkeen' means 'after' and always follows a noun in the genitive case. Here, 'myynnin' (the genitive of 'myynti') shows what the action follows. You’ll use this pattern for time expressions, like 'illan jälkeen' (after the evening). Just remember: genitive noun + 'jälkeen'.

1. Japanin ja Etelä-Korean osakkeet putosivat perjantaina.

The word 'perjantaina' shows when something happened, using the essive case ('-na'). You’ll use this for days of the week, like 'maanantaina' (on Monday). It’s a simple way to talk about time without prepositions. Just add '-na' to the day or time word!

2. Tokion Nikkei 225 laskee 5,5 prosenttia.

The partitive case ('prosenttia') is used here because percentages are often treated as partial quantities. You’ll see this with numbers, like 'kaksi prosenttia' (two percent). Use the partitive when talking about amounts, portions, or ongoing actions. It’s one of the most common cases in Finnish!

5. Samsungin osake putoaa lähes 10 prosenttia.

The genitive case ('Samsungin') shows possession, like 'of Samsung' in English. You’ll use it for ownership or relationships, like 'koulun kirja' (the school’s book). Just add '-n' to the noun, and you’re good to go!

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