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Tagesschau Economics 5d ago Original

Saksan osavaltiot torjuvat 1000 euron palkkatuen.

German states reject the 1000 euro wage subsidy.

Finnish · A1 level

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  1. 1.

    Palkkatukea ei tule vielä hetkeen.

    The wage bonus will not come for now.

  2. 2.

    Osavaltiot eivät halua maksaa tuesta.

    The states do not want to pay for the bonus.

  3. 3.

    Työnantajat voivat antaa palkkatukea verottomasti.

    Employers can give wage subsidies tax-free.

  4. 4.

    Osavaltiot saavat vähemmän veroja palkkatuen takia.

    States receive less tax revenue because of the wage subsidy.

  5. 5.

    Palkkatukea kritisoi muun muassa Winfried Kretschmann.

    The wage subsidy is criticized by, among others, Winfried Kretschmann.

  6. 6.

    Kretschmann sanoo palkkatuen olevan huono idea.

    Kretschmann says the wage bonus is a bad idea.

  7. 7.

    Palkkatukea ei voida rahoittaa ilman osavaltioita.

    The wage bonus cannot be funded without the states.

  8. 8.

    Osavaltiot lähettävät lain takaisin uudelleen neuvoteltavaksi.

    The states send the law back for renegotiation.

Key Words

Word English
torjua
torjuvat
to reject
reject (3rd person plural)
palkkatuki
palkkatuen
wage subsidy
wage subsidy (genitive case)
maksaa
halua maksaa
to pay
want to pay
vero
veroja
tax
taxes (partitive plural)
lähettää
lähettävät
to send
send (3rd person plural)
neuvotella
neuvoteltavaksi
to negotiate
for negotiation (translative case, passive participle)

0. Saksan osavaltiot torjuvat 1000 euron palkkatuen.

This sentence uses the **genitive case** ('palkkatuen') to show possession or relation. Here, it indicates that the wage subsidy is of 1000 euros. The genitive case is often used after numbers or quantities in Finnish. For example, 'kolme kirjaa' (three books) uses the partitive, but 'kahden kirjan hinta' (the price of two books) uses the genitive.

1. Palkkatukea ei tule vielä hetkeen.

This sentence uses the **partitive case** ('palkkatukea') after a negative verb ('ei tule'). In Finnish, the partitive case is used with negative verbs to indicate that the action is not happening. For example, 'En syö kalaa' (I don’t eat fish) uses the partitive 'kalaa' because the verb is negated.

3. Työnantajat voivat antaa palkkatukea verottomasti.

This sentence uses the **adverb form** ('verottomasti') to describe how the action is performed. Adverbs in Finnish often end in '-sti' and answer the question 'how?'. For example, 'nopeasti' (quickly) or 'kauniisti' (beautifully). Here, 'verottomasti' means 'tax-free' and describes how the wage subsidy is given.

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