Taifuuni Saudel aiheutti tuhansien ihmisten evakuoinnin Kiinassa.
Typhoon Saudel caused the evacuation of thousands of people in China.
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Viime viikolla satoi hyvin paljon Zhejiangin, Jiangxin, Fujianin ja Guangdongin maakunnissa. Putianin kaupungissa satoi 416,5 millimetriÀ vettÀ yhdessÀ pÀivÀssÀ. Viranomaiset arvioivat, ettÀ lÀhes 600 000 ihmistÀ joutui jÀttÀmÀÀn kotinsa. Toisessa maakunnassa 128 000 ihmistÀ evakuoitiin. Tulvat ja maanvyörymÀt vahingoittivat alueen infrastruktuuria pahasti. Wenzhoussa yli 2 500 opettajaa ja oppilasta jÀi saarroksiin koulun alueelle. Putianissa ainakin 1 260 ihmistÀ pelastettiin, kun joenpenkermÀt murtuivat. Jiangxissa maanvyörymÀ surmasi kolme ihmistÀ ja yhdeksÀn ihmistÀ katosi.
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Viime viikolla satoi hyvin paljon Zhejiangin, Jiangxin, Fujianin ja Guangdongin maakunnissa.
Last week, it rained very heavily in Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces.
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Putianin kaupungissa satoi 416,5 millimetriÀ vettÀ yhdessÀ pÀivÀssÀ.
In the city of Putian, 416.5 millimeters of rain fell in one day.
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Viranomaiset arvioivat, ettÀ lÀhes 600 000 ihmistÀ joutui jÀttÀmÀÀn kotinsa.
Authorities estimate that nearly 600,000 people had to leave their homes.
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Toisessa maakunnassa 128 000 ihmistÀ evakuoitiin.
In another province, 128,000 people were evacuated.
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Tulvat ja maanvyörymÀt vahingoittivat alueen infrastruktuuria pahasti.
Floods and landslides damaged the region's infrastructure badly.
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Wenzhoussa yli 2 500 opettajaa ja oppilasta jÀi saarroksiin koulun alueelle.
In Wenzhou, over 2,500 teachers and students were trapped at a school.
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Putianissa ainakin 1 260 ihmistÀ pelastettiin, kun joenpenkermÀt murtuivat.
In Putian, at least 1,260 people were rescued when the river banks collapsed.
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Jiangxissa maanvyörymÀ surmasi kolme ihmistÀ ja yhdeksÀn ihmistÀ katosi.
In Jiangxi, a landslide killed three people and nine people went missing.
Key Words
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evakuoida
evakuoitiin
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to evacuate
were evacuated
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maanvyörymÀ
maanvyörymÀt
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landslide
landslides
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arvioida
arvioivat
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to estimate
estimated
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pelastaa
pelastettiin
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to rescue
were rescued
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infrastruktuuri
infrastruktuuria
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infrastructure
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joutua
joutui
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to have to / to be forced to
had to
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3. Viranomaiset arvioivat, ettÀ lÀhes 600 000 ihmistÀ joutui jÀttÀmÀÀn kotinsa.
Use the word ettÀ to connect a main clause with a subordinate clause when reporting what someone thinks or says. You just put ettÀ between the two parts, and the verb in the second part stays in the normal personal form, like joutui. This is much easier than using long infinitive structures and is perfect for A2 level storytelling.
4. Toisessa maakunnassa 128 000 ihmistÀ evakuoitiin.
Use the passive imperfect when the doer of the action is unknown or unimportant, like in news reports. You form it by adding -ttiin to the verb stem, for example, pelastaa becomes pelastettiin. This is very common in Finnish when talking about events where the focus is on what happened to the people or things.
5. Tulvat ja maanvyörymÀt vahingoittivat alueen infrastruktuuria pahasti.
Use the partitive case for the object when the action is ongoing, incomplete, or affects only a part of the whole. Here, the floods damaged the infrastructure, but didn't completely destroy every single piece of it, so you use infrastruktuuria. You form the partitive singular by adding -a or -Ă€ to the word, depending on vowel harmony.
7. Putianissa ainakin 1 260 ihmistÀ pelastettiin, kun joenpenkermÀt murtuivat.
Always write compound words together as one single word in Finnish, unlike in English. For example, joen and penkermÀt combine to form joenpenkermÀt, and maa and vyörymÀ become maanvyörymÀ. If you write them as separate words, it changes the meaning completely and looks unnatural to a native speaker.
7. Putianissa ainakin 1 260 ihmistÀ pelastettiin, kun joenpenkermÀt murtuivat.
Use the word kun to talk about two past events happening at the same time or when one event triggers another. You put the verb in the imperfect tense in both clauses, like murtuivat and pelastettiin. This helps you build longer, more natural sentences instead of just using short, simple statements.
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