Tagesschau Life 2d ago Original

Perussa tutkitaan kuparikaivosta.

A study is being conducted on a copper mine in Peru.

Finnish · A1 level

Simple Finnish

Tap to reveal English

1.

Tutkimus löysi arseenia kaivoista.

The study found arsenic in wells.
2.

Arseenia löytyi myös lapsista.

Arsenic was also found in children.
3.

Aurubis on suuri kuparintuottaja.

Aurubis is a large copper producer.
4.

Aurubis sanoo tekevänsä yhteistyötä Anglo Americanin kanssa.

Aurubis says it is cooperating with Anglo American.
5.

Aurubis sanoo tekevänsä yhteistyötä Anglo Americanin kanssa.

Aurubis says it cooperates with Anglo American.
6.

Anglo American kiistää tutkimuksen tulokset.

Anglo American denies the study's results.
7.

Tutkimus kertoo veden olevan saastunutta.

The study reports that the water is contaminated.
8.

BAFA:n tutkimus ei ole vielä valmis.

The BAFA investigation is not yet complete.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
tutkia tutkitaan	to study/investigate is being studied/investigated	Passive present tense (3rd person singular)
löytää löytyi	to find was found	Past tense (3rd person singular)
kaivo kaivoista	well from wells	Elative plural case (-sta/-stä)
lapsi lapsista	child in children	Inessive plural case (-ssa/-ssä)
sanoa sanoo	to say says	Present tense (3rd person singular)
saastunut saastunutta	contaminated contaminated (partitive)	Partitive singular case (-a/-ä)

0. Perussa tutkitaan kuparikaivosta.

This sentence uses the passive present tense ('tutkitaan'). In Finnish, the passive is often used to describe general actions without specifying who performs them. Here, it indicates that a study is being conducted, but the focus is on the action itself. To form the passive present, take the verb stem and add '-taan/-tään' (e.g., 'tutkia' → 'tutkitaan'). This structure is common in news reports and formal writing.

1. Tutkimus löysi arseenia kaivoista.

The sentence uses the elative case ('kaivoista') to indicate 'from wells.' The elative case answers the question 'mistä?' (from where/what?). It is formed by adding '-sta/-stä' to the noun stem (e.g., 'kaivo' → 'kaivoista'). This case is essential for expressing movement or origin, such as where something is found or taken from.

7. Tutkimus kertoo veden olevan saastunutta.

This sentence uses the partitive case ('saastunutta') to describe an uncountable or incomplete state. The partitive is often used with adjectives to describe qualities that are not fixed or definite, such as 'contaminated water.' It is formed by adding '-a/-ä' to the adjective stem (e.g., 'saastunut' → 'saastunutta'). The partitive is also used after verbs like 'olla' (to be) when describing states.