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ILGA Europen uusi lista kertoo LGBTQ+-oikeuksista.

ILGA Europe's new list tells about LGBTQ+ rights.

Finnish · A1 level

Simple Finnish

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1.

Malta ei ole enää ykkönen.

Malta is no longer number one.
2.

Nyt Espanja on ykkönen.

Now Spain is number one.
3.

Espanja on tehnyt uusia lakeja.

Spain has made new laws.
4.

Uudet lait suojelevat LGBTQ+ ihmisiä.

New laws protect LGBTQ+ people.
5.

Espanja on parantanut transihmisten terveyttä.

Spain has improved trans people's healthcare.
6.

Espanja on voittanut, vaikka oikeisto yrittää estää sitä.

Spain has succeeded even though the right-wing tries to stop it.
7.

Muut maat ovat myös parantaneet oikeuksia.

Other countries have also improved rights.
8.

Joissakin maissa tilanne on huonompi.

In some countries, the situation is worse.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
kertoa kertoo	to tell tells	Present tense, 3rd person singular
laki lakeja	law laws	Partitive plural
suojella suojelevat	to protect protect	Present tense, 3rd person plural
ihminen ihmisiä	person/human people	Partitive plural
parantaa parantanut	to improve has improved	Past participle (active)
tilanne tilanne	situation	Nominative singular

0. ILGA Europen uusi lista kertoo LGBTQ+-oikeuksista.

The genitive case is used here to show possession, similar to the English apostrophe + 's'. In Finnish, the genitive is formed by adding '-n' to the end of the word (e.g., 'ILGA Europe' → 'ILGA Europen'). This structure is very common in Finnish and is used whenever you want to indicate that something belongs to someone or something else. For example, 'opettajan kirja' means 'the teacher's book'.

3. Espanja on tehnyt uusia lakeja.

This sentence uses the present perfect tense, which is formed with the auxiliary verb 'olla' (to be) in the present tense and the past participle of the main verb. Here, 'on tehnyt' means 'has made'. This tense is used to describe actions that started in the past and have relevance to the present. For example, 'Olen syönyt' means 'I have eaten'. The past participle is formed by adding '-nut/-nyt' or '-t' to the verb stem, depending on the verb type.

4. Uudet lait suojelevat LGBTQ+ ihmisiä.

The partitive case is used here to indicate an unspecified or partial amount of the noun. In this sentence, 'ihmisiä' (people) is in the partitive plural because the laws protect an unspecified group of LGBTQ+ people, not all of them. The partitive is often used after verbs that describe actions affecting only part of something, like 'syödä' (to eat) or 'juoda' (to drink). For example, 'Syön leipää' means 'I am eating (some) bread'.