Israel hyökkää Libanonissa.
Israel is attacking in Lebanon.
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1.
Israel hyökkää Beirutissa.
Israel is attacking in Beirut.
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2.
Israel hyökkää yöllä.
Israel attacks at night.
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3.
Israel tappaa erään komentajan.
Israel kills a commander.
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4.
Komentaja on Hisbollah-järjestössä.
The commander is in Hezbollah.
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5.
Komentajan nimi on Malek Balut.
The commander’s name is Malek Balut.
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6.
Israel pudottaa pommeja.
Israel drops bombs.
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7.
Pommeja on kymmenen.
There are ten bombs.
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8.
Ihmiset pelkäävät ja pakenevat.
People are afraid and fleeing.
Key Words
| Word | English |
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hyökätä
hyökkää
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to attack
is attacking
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tappaa
tappaa
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to kill
kills
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komentaja
komentajan
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commander
commander’s (name)
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pudottaa
pudottaa
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to drop
drops
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pommia
pommeja
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bomb (partitive plural)
bombs
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pelätä
pelkäävät
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to be afraid
are afraid
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0. Israel hyökkää Libanonissa.
The inessive case (-ssa/-ssä) is used to indicate location inside a place. Here, 'Libanonissa' means 'in Lebanon.' This case is essential for describing where actions happen. For example, 'Helsingissä' means 'in Helsinki.' Learners should practice this case with place names to describe locations naturally.
3. Israel tappaa erään komentajan.
Finnish often uses the partitive case for objects of transitive verbs when the action is ongoing or incomplete. Here, 'komentajan' (accusative) is used because the action is completed (the commander is killed). However, if the sentence were 'Israel tappaa ihmisiä' (Israel is killing people), 'ihmisiä' would be partitive. Learners should note whether the action is complete or ongoing to choose the correct case.
8. Ihmiset pelkäävät ja pakenevat.
Finnish verbs in the present tense often end in -vät/-vt for plural subjects. Here, 'pelkäävät' and 'pakenevat' show that 'ihmiset' (people) are the ones performing the actions. This pattern is consistent for all present tense verbs with plural subjects. For example, 'He syövät' means 'They are eating.'
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