Rolling Stones julkaisee uuden albumin lauantaina.
The Rolling Stones will release a new album on Saturday.
Simple Finnish
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Uusi albumi on nimeltään Foreign Tongues.
The new album is called Foreign Tongues.
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Albumi tulee kauppoihin lauantaina.
The album will come to stores on Saturday.
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Rolling Stones on vanha yhtye.
The Rolling Stones is an old band.
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Yhtye on tehnyt paljon uutta musiikkia.
The band has made a lot of new music.
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Uusi albumi on hyvä.
The new album is good.
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Fanit odottavat uutta albumia.
Fans are waiting for the new album.
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Albumi on tarkoitettu kaikille Stones-faneille.
The album is intended for all Stones fans.
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Stones on tehnyt monta hyvää albumia.
Stones has made many good albums.
Key Words
| Word | English |
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julkaista
julkaisee
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to release/publish
releases/will release
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albumi
albumin
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album
album (genitive case)
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tehdä
tehnyt
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to do/make
has made
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kauppa
kauppoihin
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store/shop
to stores
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odottaa
odottavat
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to wait/expect
are waiting
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fani
faneille
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fan
for fans
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0. Rolling Stones julkaisee uuden albumin lauantaina.
This sentence uses the present tense ('julkaisee') to describe a future event, which is common in Finnish when the context (like 'lauantaina') makes the timing clear. The present tense is often used for scheduled or planned actions. For example, you can say 'Menen kauppaan huomenna' (I'm going to the store tomorrow) to express future plans.
2. Albumi tulee kauppoihin lauantaina.
The illative case ('kauppoihin') is used here to indicate movement into multiple locations (stores). The illative case answers the question 'mihin?' (to where?). For example, 'Menen kauppaan' (I'm going to the store) uses the illative singular, while 'Menen kauppoihin' (I'm going to stores) uses the illative plural.
6. Fanit odottavat uutta albumia.
The present tense ('odottavat') is used to describe an ongoing action. Finnish does not have a separate present continuous tense like English ('are waiting'). Instead, the simple present tense conveys both habitual and ongoing actions. For example, 'Syön' can mean both 'I eat' and 'I am eating'.
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