Euronews Life 5d ago Original

EU:ssä uimavedet ovat puhtaita.

In the EU, swimming waters are clean.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

Raportti kertoo, että 96 prosenttia uimapaikoista on turvallisia.

The report says that 96 percent of bathing sites are safe.
2.

Lähes 85 prosenttia paikoista on erinomaisia.

Nearly 85 percent of the sites are excellent.
3.

Jotkut paikat eivät ole turvallisia.

Some places are not safe.
4.

Raportti on uusi.

The report is new.
5.

Euroopan ympäristökeskus teki raportin.

The European Environment Agency made the report.
6.

Raportissa on tietoja monista uimapaikoista.

The report contains information about many bathing sites.
7.

Uimapaikat ovat eri maissa.

The bathing sites are in different countries.
8.

Turvallisuus on tärkeää.

Safety is important.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
uimavesi uimavedet	swimming water swimming waters	nominative plural
kertoa kertoo	to tell/say says	present tense, 3rd person singular
uimapaikka uimapaikoista	bathing site of bathing sites	elative plural (partitive case)
tehdä teki	to do/make made	past tense, 3rd person singular
olla ovat	to be are	present tense, 3rd person plural
turvallinen turvallisia	safe safe (plural)	partitive plural

0. EU:ssä uimavedet ovat puhtaita.

This sentence uses the inessive case ('-ssä') to indicate location. The inessive case is used to show that something is inside or within something else. Here, it tells us that the swimming waters are clean 'in the EU'. To use it, add '-ssa' or '-ssä' to the end of the word, depending on vowel harmony (e.g., 'koulu' → 'koulussa' = 'in school').

2. Lähes 85 prosenttia paikoista on erinomaisia.

This sentence uses the partitive case ('paikoista') to indicate an unspecified quantity or part of a whole. The partitive case is often used with percentages, numbers, or words like 'lähes' (nearly). Here, it tells us that 85 percent of 'the sites' (not all of them) are excellent. To form the partitive, add '-a', '-ä', '-ta', or '-tä' to the word stem (e.g., 'paikka' → 'paikkaa' = 'a place').

5. Euroopan ympäristökeskus teki raportin.

This sentence uses the past tense ('teki') to describe an action that happened in the past. In Finnish, the past tense is formed by adding '-i' to the verb stem (e.g., 'tehdä' → 'teki' = 'did/made'). The past tense is used here to tell us that the European Environment Agency completed the report at some point before now.