ORF Life 5d ago Original

Prinssi Harry häviää oikeudessa.

Prince Harry loses in court.

Finnish · A1 level

Simple Finnish

Tap to reveal English

1.

Hän ja kuusi muuta haastoivat Daily Mailin.

He and six others sued the Daily Mail.
2.

Tuomio on 436 sivua pitkä.

The verdict is 436 pages long.
3.

Tuomio julkaistiin tiistaina.

The verdict was published on Tuesday.
4.

Tuomio tuli Lontoon High Courtista.

The verdict came from London's High Court.
5.

Prinz Harry ei voittanut jutussaan.

Prince Harry did not win his case.
6.

Hän ei pystynyt todistamaan väitteitään.

He could not prove his claims.
7.

Daily Mail on brittiläinen sanomalehti.

The Daily Mail is a British newspaper.
8.

Lehti julkaisee myös The Mail on Sunday -lehteä.

The paper also publishes The Mail on Sunday.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
hävitä häviää	to lose loses	present tense, 3rd person singular
haastaa haastoivat	to sue sued	past tense, 3rd person plural
tuomio tuomio	verdict	nominative singular
julkaista julkaistiin	to publish was published	passive past tense
pystyä pystynyt	to be able to could (not)	past participle (perfect tense)
lehti lehteä	newspaper/paper paper (partitive)	partitive singular

0. Prinssi Harry häviää oikeudessa.

This sentence uses the present tense ('häviää') to describe a current event. In Finnish, the present tense can often be used for actions happening now or in the near future. The subject ('Prinssi Harry') is in the nominative case, which is the default case for subjects. To form the present tense, you typically add the personal ending to the verb stem (e.g., 'hävitä' → 'häviää').

3. Tuomio julkaistiin tiistaina.

This sentence uses the passive past tense ('julkaistiin'). The passive voice is often used in Finnish to describe actions where the doer is not important or unknown. The passive past tense is formed by adding '-tiin' to the verb stem (e.g., 'julkaista' → 'julkaistiin'). This structure is common in news reporting and formal writing. For example, 'Kirja julkaistiin eilen' (The book was published yesterday).

7. Daily Mail on brittiläinen sanomalehti.

This sentence uses the verb 'olla' (to be) in the present tense ('on'). In Finnish, 'olla' is used to link the subject ('Daily Mail') with a predicate noun or adjective ('brittiläinen sanomalehti'). The predicate noun or adjective is in the nominative case, just like the subject. For example, 'Hän on opettaja' (He is a teacher). This is a basic sentence pattern for describing things.