Kiina testasi pitkän kantaman ohjusta Etelä-Tyynellämerellä.
China tested a long-range missile in the South Pacific.
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Australia ja Fidži allekirjoittivat puolustusyhteistyösopimuksen.
Australia and Fiji signed a defense cooperation agreement.
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Kiina teki ohjustestin pian sopimuksen allekirjoittamisen jälkeen.
China conducted the missile test shortly after the agreement was signed.
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Australia sanoi testin olevan alueelle vaarallinen.
Australia said the test was dangerous for the region.
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Uusi-Seelanti piti testiä huolestuttavana.
New Zealand found the test concerning.
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Penny Wong on Australian ulkoministeri.
Penny Wong is Australia's foreign minister.
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Winston Peters on Uuden-Seelannin ulkoministeri.
Winston Peters is New Zealand's foreign minister.
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Molemmat maat kritisoivat Kiinan tekemää testiä.
Both countries criticized China's test.
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Testi tehtiin Etelä-Tyynellämerellä.
The test was conducted in the South Pacific.
Key Words
| Word | English |
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testata
testasi
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to test
tested
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ohjus
ohjusta
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missile
missile (partitive case)
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allekirjoittaa
allekirjoittamisen
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to sign
the signing (of)
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sopimus
sopimuksen
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agreement
agreement (genitive case)
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kritisoida
kritisoivat
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to criticize
criticized (they)
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tehdä
tehtiin
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to do/make
was conducted
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0. Kiina testasi pitkän kantaman ohjusta Etelä-Tyynellämerellä.
The sentence uses the partitive case ('ohjusta') after the verb 'testata.' In Finnish, the partitive case is often used with verbs that denote an action affecting only part of the object or when the object is indefinite. Here, 'ohjusta' is in the partitive because the missile is the target of the testing action, but the action is not necessarily completed. Learners can apply this by using the partitive case with verbs like 'syödä' (to eat), 'juoda' (to drink), or 'lukea' (to read) when the object is not fully consumed or completed.
2. Kiina teki ohjustestin pian sopimuksen allekirjoittamisen jälkeen.
This sentence features the genitive case ('sopimuksen') followed by the 3rd infinitive in the genitive form ('allekirjoittamisen'). The structure 'genitive + 3rd infinitive' is used to express an action that occurs after another action. Here, it indicates that the missile test happened after the signing of the agreement. Learners can use this structure to describe sequences of events, e.g., 'Hän lähti kotiin tehtävän tekemisen jälkeen' (He left home after doing the task).
7. Molemmat maat kritisoivat Kiinan tekemää testiä.
The sentence uses the past participle ('tekemä') in the partitive case ('testiä') to describe an action performed by the subject ('Kiina'). The past participle is formed by adding '-ma/-mä' to the verb stem and is used here to create a relative-like clause. This structure is useful for describing characteristics of nouns, e.g., 'lukema kirja' (a book that has been read). Learners can practice this by forming phrases like 'ostama auto' (a car that has been bought).
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