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Thüringenin metsässä on neljä tuulimyllyä.

There are four wind turbines in the forest of Thuringia.

Finnish · A1 level

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1.

Tuulimyllyt ovat kiistanalainen aihe.

Wind turbines are a controversial topic.
2.

Jörn Ripken ja Gerd Thomsen kävelevät metsässä.

Jörn Ripken and Gerd Thomsen walk in the forest.
3.

Tuulimyllyt voivat olla hyvä asia metsälle.

Wind turbines can be a good thing for the forest.
4.

Thüringenin metsä on vahingoittunut kuivuuden takia.

Thuringia's forest is damaged because of drought.
5.

Tuulimyllyt voisivat tuoda rahaa metsän hoitoon.

Wind turbines could bring money for forest maintenance.
6.

Metsänhoitajat haluavat suojella metsää.

Foresters want to protect the forest.
7.

Tuulimyllyt voivat auttaa metsän uudistamisessa.

Wind turbines can help in renewing the forest.
8.

Rahaa tarvitaan uusien puiden istuttamiseen.

Money is needed for planting new trees.

Key Words

Word	English	Form
olla on	to be is/are	3rd person singular/plural present tense
metsä metsässä	forest in the forest	inessive case (location inside)
tuulimylly tuulimyllyt	wind turbine wind turbines	nominative plural
vahingoittua vahingoittunut	to be damaged damaged	past participle (passive)
tuoda tuoda	to bring to bring (infinitive)	infinitive (used after modal verbs)
istuttaa istuttamiseen	to plant for planting	illative case of the 3rd infinitive (purpose)

0. Thüringenin metsässä on neljä tuulimyllyä.

This sentence uses the inessive case ('-ssä') to indicate location inside something. The inessive case is formed by adding '-ssa' or '-ssä' to the word stem, depending on vowel harmony. Here, 'metsä' becomes 'metsässä' to mean 'in the forest.' This is a common way to express where something is located in Finnish. For example, 'koulussa' means 'at school.'

3. Tuulimyllyt voivat olla hyvä asia metsälle.

This sentence uses the adessive case ('-lle') to indicate 'for' or 'to' someone or something. The adessive case is formed by adding '-lla' or '-llä' to the word stem. Here, 'metsä' becomes 'metsälle' to mean 'for the forest.' This case is often used to express benefit or purpose. For example, 'lapselle' means 'for the child.'

5. Tuulimyllyt voisivat tuoda rahaa metsän hoitoon.

This sentence uses the illative case ('-Vn', where V is a vowel) to indicate direction or purpose. The illative case is formed by adding '-an', '-än', '-en', etc., depending on the word. Here, 'hoito' becomes 'hoitoon' to mean 'for maintenance.' This case is used to express movement into something or purpose. For example, 'kouluun' means 'to school.'