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Trump lähtee Pekingiin tapaamaan Xi Jinpingiä.

Trump is going to Beijing to meet Xi Jinping.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

He tapaavat torstaina.

They meet on Thursday.
2.

He puhuvat teknologiasta.

They talk about technology.
3.

He puhuvat myös Iranista ja Taiwanista.

They also talk about Iran and Taiwan.
4.

Trumpin seurueessa ovat Tim Cook ja Elon Musk.

Tim Cook and Elon Musk are in Trump's entourage.
5.

Jensen Huang ei tule mukaan.

Jensen Huang is not coming along.
6.

He eivät ehkä saa sopimusta pii-siruista.

They may not get a deal on chips.
7.

He puhuvat tekoälystä sodassa.

They talk about AI in war.
8.

Tekoäly on tärkeä teema heille.

AI is an important topic for them.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
lähteä lähtee	to leave/depart is going (departs)	3rd person singular present tense
tapaaminen tapaamaan	meeting to meet (illative case)	3rd infinitive illative (expressing purpose)
seurue seurueessa	entourage in the entourage	inessive case (location inside)
tulla ei tule	to come does not come	negative present tense
sopimus sopimusta	agreement/deal a deal (partitive case)	partitive singular
tekoäly tekoälystä	artificial intelligence about AI	elative case (out of, about)

0. Trump lähtee Pekingiin tapaamaan Xi Jinpingiä.

This sentence uses the 3rd infinitive illative form ('tapaamaan') to express purpose. In Finnish, when you want to say that someone is going somewhere *in order to* do something, you use the 3rd infinitive in the illative case. For example, 'Menen kauppaan ostamaan maitoa' (I'm going to the store to buy milk). This structure is very common and useful for describing intentions or goals.

4. Trumpin seurueessa ovat Tim Cook ja Elon Musk.

This sentence uses the inessive case ('seurueessa') to indicate location inside something. The inessive case answers the question 'missä?' (where?). For example, 'Hän on talossa' (He is in the house). In this sentence, it shows that Tim Cook and Elon Musk are *inside* Trump's entourage, meaning they are part of it. This case is essential for describing where things or people are located.

5. Jensen Huang ei tule mukaan.

This sentence demonstrates the negative present tense in Finnish. To form the negative, you use 'ei' (for 3rd person singular) followed by the verb stem (without personal endings). For example, 'Hän ei syö' (He does not eat). In this sentence, 'ei tule' means 'does not come.' This is a fundamental structure for negating actions in the present tense.